Tibial avulsion fracture of the posterior cruciate ligament: K-wire or screw fixation?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Seitz, H ^a   Schlenz, I ^a   Pajenda, G ^a   Vecsei V ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

EID: 0030990393     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00390052     Document Type: Article

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