Anatomical variations in the anatomy of the posterolateral corner of the knee

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 895-900

  Raheem, O ^a   Philpott, J ^a   Ryan, W ^a   O'Brien, M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Posterolateral corner knee; Variations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; LIGAMENT; MALE; TENDON;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; TENDONS;

EID: 34547319715     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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