Operative management of the medial collateral ligament in the multi-ligament injured knee: An evidence-based systematic review

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 823-829

  Kovachevich, Rudy ^a   Shah, Jay P ^a   Arens, Annie M ^a   Stuart, Michael J ^a   Dahm, Diane L ^a   Levy, Bruce A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee dislocations; MCL; Multi ligament; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNEE DISLOCATION; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 67651005423     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0810-4     Document Type: Article

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