Surgical treatment of posterior cruciate ligament injury

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 480-492

  Chen, Chih Hwa ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; AVULSION FRACTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INCISION; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE; KNEE INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PROGNOSIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; STRESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 38549159095     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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