Radiological evaluation of the anterolateral and posteromedial bundle insertion sites of the posterior cruciate ligament

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683-690

  Lorenz, Stephan ^a   Elser, Florian ^a,b   Brucker, Peter U ^a   Obst, Tobias ^a   Imhoff, Andreas B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterolateral bundle; Insertion site; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posteromedial bundle; Radiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT;

EID: 67349221216     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0770-8     Document Type: Article

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