Femoral avulsion fracture of the posterior cruciate ligament in association with a rupture of the popliteal artery in a 9-year-old boy: A case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-339

  Hesse, E ^a   Bastian, L ^a   Zeichen, J ^a   Pertschy, S ^a   Bosch, U ^a   Krettek, C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avulsion fracture; Knee injuries; Ligament rupture; Popliteal artery; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RUPTURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

BONE NAILS; CHILD; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 33645671643     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0677-y     Document Type: Article

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