Current concepts in diagnosis and treatment of posterior cruciate ligament injury

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-228

  Margheritini, F ^a,c   Mariani, P F ^a   Mariani, P P ^b  

^a Laboratory of Arthroscopic Surgery   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c LAS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Diagnosis; Knee; Posterior cruciate ligament; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUPTURE; TENDONS;

EID: 0033935465     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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