The role of PCL reconstruction in knees with combined PCL and posterolateral corner deficiency

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-111

  Apsingi, S ^a,b   Nguyen, T ^c   Bull, A M J ^b   Unwin, A ^c   Deehan, D J ^a   Amis, A A ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double bundle; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterolateral corner; Reconstruction; Translation and rotation laxity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ROTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ROTATION;

EID: 39049095835     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0444-3     Document Type: Article

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