Arthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring tendon autograft: Results with a minimum 4-year follow-up

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1045-1054

  Chen, Chih Hwa ^a   Chuang, Tai Yuan ^b   Wang, Kun Chuang ^a   Chen, Wen Jer ^c   Shih, Chun Hsiung ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Hamstring; Posterior cruciate ligament; Reconstruction; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750688528     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0113-y     Document Type: Article

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