The nonoperative treatment of acute, isolated (partial or complete) posterior cruciate ligament-deficient knees: An intermediate-term follow-up study

HSS Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-146

  Patel, Dipak V ^a,b,c,f   Allen, Answorth A ^a,d   Warren, Russell F ^a,d   Wickiewicz, Thomas L ^a,d   Simonian, Peter T ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Simonian Sports Medicine Clinic   (United States)

^f Simonian Sports Medicine Clinic ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute isolated posterior cruciate ligament injury; Natural history; Nonoperative treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848865951     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-007-9058-z     Document Type: Article

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