The posterolateral corner of the knee: Evaluation under microsurgical dissection

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 826-833

  Diamantopoulos, Andreas ^a   Tokis, Anastasios ^b   Tzurbakis, Matheus ^a   Patsopoulos, Iraklis ^a   Georgoulis, Anastasios ^b,c  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lateral collateral ligament; Microsurgical dissection; Popliteofibular ligament; Popliteus; Posterolateral corner

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EVALUATION; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; MICROSURGERY; RECORDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON;

ADULT; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FIBULA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT;

EID: 22144468000     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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