Arthroscopic Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Quadriceps Tendon Autograft: Minimal 3 Years Follow-up

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 361-368

  Che, Chih Hwa ^a,b   Chen, Wen Jer ^a   Shih, Chun Hsiung ^a   Chou, Shih Wei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Autograft; Posterior cruciate ligament; Quadriceps tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; AUTOGRAFT; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG EXERCISE; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242338840     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503261704     Document Type: Review

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