Athroscopic transtibial posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with preservation of posterior cruciate ligament fibers: Clinical results of minimum 2-year follow-up

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-204

  Ahn, Jin Hwan ^a   Yang, Hyoung Seop ^a   Jeong, Woong Kyo ^a   Koh, Kyoung Hwah ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

"Killer turn" effect; Follow up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction; Preservation of PCL fibers; Second look arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTHROMETRY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE SURGERY; LYSHOLM KNEE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACHILLES TENDON; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31444455079     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505279915     Document Type: Article

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