Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the quadriceps tendon in chronic injuries

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 266-273

  Aglietti, Paolo ^a   Buzzi, Roberto ^a   Lazzara, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct tibial fixation; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterior tibial approach; Quadriceps tendon autograft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036719032     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-002-0288-9     Document Type: Article

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