Control of laxity in knees with combined posterior cruciate ligament and posterolateral corner deficiency: Comparison of single-bundle versus double-bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction combined with modified Larson posterolateral corner reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-494

  Apsingi, Sunil ^a,b   Nguyen, Trung ^b   Bull, Anthony M J ^b   Unwin, Andrew ^c   Deehan, David J ^a   Amis, Andrew A ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Windsor Orthopaedic Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double bundle reconstruction; Ligament reconstruction; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterolateral corner; Translation and rotational laxity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT LAXITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MODIFIED LARSON POSTEROLATERAL CORNER RECONSTRUCTION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ROTATION;

EID: 39149100646     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508314415     Document Type: Article

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