Surgical treatment of avulsion fractures of the knee PCL tibial insertion: Experience with 21 cases;Tratamento cirúrgico da fratura-avulsão da inserção tibial do L.C.P. do joelho: Experiência de 21 casos

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 272-275

  Piedade, Sérgio Rocha ^a,b   Mischan, Martha Maria ^c  

^a UNICAMP ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone fractures; Knee; Posterior cruciate ligament; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 39649115206     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-78522007000500008     Document Type: Article

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