Transtibial double bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using TransFix tibial fixation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 973-977

  Lee, Yong Seuk ^a   Ahn, Jin Hwan ^b   Jung, Young Bok ^c   Wang, Joon Ho ^d   Yoo, Jae Chul ^b   Jung, Ho Joong ^c   Kang, Bun Jung ^a  

^a Armed Forces Yangju Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anteromedial portal; Double bundle reconstruction; Posterior cruciate ligament; TransFix tibial fixation

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SPLINT; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENDON; TENODESIS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROSCOPY; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPLINTS; SUTURE ANCHORS; TENDONS; TENODESIS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34547821884     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0300-5     Document Type: Article

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