The effect of posterior knee capsulotomy on posterior tibial translation during posterior cruciate ligament tibial inlay reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1514-1519

  Park, Sang Eun ^a   Stamos, Bruce D ^a   DeFrate, Louis E ^b   Gill, Thomas J ^a   Li, Guoan ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c GRJ 1215 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Knee capsule; Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction; Posterior stability; Tibial inlay

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; POSTERIOR KNEE CAPSULOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; TIBIA;

EID: 4143108975     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504265594     Document Type: Article

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