Failure of heat shrinkage for treatment of a posterior cruciate ligament tear

Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Oakes, Daniel A ^a   McAllister, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrothermal shrinkage; Partial pcl tear; Pcl tear

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444458499     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/50749-8063(03)00377-3     Document Type: Article

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