Arthroscopic-assisted simultaneous reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament and the lateral collateral ligament using hamstrings and absorbable screws

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 892-897

  Lill, Helmut ^a   Glasmacher, Stefan ^a   Korner, Jan ^a   Rose, Tim ^a   Verheyden, Peter ^a   Josten, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorbable interference screw; Hamstring graft; Lateral collateral ligament; PCL reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; FEMUR CONDYLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0035497419     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.17988     Document Type: Article

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