Tibial Insertion of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament: A Sagittal Plane Analysis Using Gross, Histologic, and Radiographic Methods

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-275

  Moorman III, Claude T ^a   Murphy Zane, M Siobhan ^b   Bansai, Sanjiv ^d   Cina, Stephen J ^c   Wickiewicz, Thomas L ^d   Warren, Russell F ^d   Kaseta, Maria Kyriaki ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c McKee Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Posterior cruciate ligament; Reconstruction; Tibial insertion; Tibial tunnel

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; TIBIA; KNEE; RADIOGRAPHY;

CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TIBIA;

EID: 43049143908     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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