Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Achilles Tendon Allograft, Double Bundle

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-257

  Heinzelmann, Andrew D ^a   Barrett, Gene R ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI SPORTS MEDICINE AND ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Allograft; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 62549124541     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.10.013     Document Type: Review

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