Avulsion fracture of the posterior cruciate ligament at the tibial insertion in a child: A case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 340-342

  Ugutmen, Ender ^a   Sener, Nadir ^a   Eren, Abdullah ^a   Beksac, Burak ^a   Altintas, Faik ^a  

^a GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Fracture; Knee surgery; Posterior cruciate ligament; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; BONE SCREWS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33645694293     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0706-x     Document Type: Article

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