A systematic review of the femoral origin and tibial insertion morphology of the ACL

S Kopf, V Musahl, S Tashman, M Szczodry… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2009 - Springer
Transtibial single bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction has been the gold
standard for several years. This technique often fails to restore native ACL femoral origin …

Anterior cruciate ligament femoral footprint anatomy: systematic review of the 21st century literature

JW Piefer, TR Pflugner, MD Hwang… - Arthroscopy: The Journal …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to systematically review current arthroscopic and
related literature and to characterize the anatomic centrum of the anterior cruciate ligament …

Ribbon like appearance of the midsubstance fibres of the anterior cruciate ligament close to its femoral insertion site: a cadaveric study including 111 knees

R Śmigielski, U Zdanowicz, M Drwięga… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Recently, the configuration of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) from its direct
femoral insertion to midsubstance was found to be flat. This might have an important impact …

Comparison between single-and double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective, randomized, single-blinded clinical trial

P Aglietti, F Giron, M Losco, P Cuomo… - … American journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Double-bundle ACL reconstruction popularity is increasing with the aim to
reproduce native ACL anatomy and improve ACL reconstruction outcome. However, to date …

Biomechanical comparison of anatomic double-bundle, anatomic single-bundle, and nonanatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions

E Kondo, AM Merican, K Yasuda… - The American journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Although both anatomic double-bundle and single-bundle anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction procedures are in use, it remains controversial whether the …

Arthroscopically pertinent landmarks for tunnel positioning in single-bundle and double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions

CG Ziegler, SD Pietrini… - … American journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Quantification of the overall anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and anteromedial
(AM) and posterolateral (PL) bundle centers in respect to arthroscopically pertinent bony …

Individualized anterior cruciate ligament surgery: a prospective study comparing anatomic single-and double-bundle reconstruction

M Hussein, CF van Eck, A Cretnik… - … American journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) has become a
commonly performed procedure. However, biomechanical studies have demonstrated that …

Size variability of the human anterior cruciate ligament insertion sites

S Kopf, MW Pombo, M Szczodry… - … American journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Current trends in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) have been
toward anatomical reconstruction that restores the normal size and location of the anterior …

Bony and soft tissue landmarks of the ACL tibial insertion site: an anatomical study

M Ferretti, D Doca, SM Ingham, M Cohen… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose To identify and describe reliable landmarks for tibial tunnel placement in
anatomical ACL reconstruction. Methods Eight non-paired cadaveric knees were used. After …

Quantitative in situ analysis of the anterior cruciate ligament: length, midsubstance cross-sectional area, and insertion site areas

Y Fujimaki, E Thorhauer, Y Sasaki… - … American journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Quantification of the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) in different loading conditions is important for understanding the native …