Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Transtibial technique

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-265

  Larson, Roger V ^a   Metcalf, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Grafts; Isometry; Posterior cruciate ligament; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844563930     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-199910000-00004     Document Type: Article

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