Injuries of the posterior cruciate ligament and posterolateral corner of the knee

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 485-501

  Malone, A A ^a   Dowd, G S E ^b   Saifuddin, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biomechanics; Diagnosis; Knee ligament injury; Phylogenetics; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterolateral corner; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT;

EID: 33646203607     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.08.003     Document Type: Review

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