Are lesions of the posterior cruciate ligament predictable before knee arthroplasty? A histological study of 434 ligaments in osteoarthritic knees

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 652-658

  Albert, Adrien ^a,c   Forthomme, Jean Paul ^a   Vandenhooft, Annick ^a,b   Van Eeckhout, Pascal ^a   Feoli, Francesco ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Regional de Mons   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Histology; Knee arthroplasty; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT;

EID: 56149104819     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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