Does combined posterior cruciate ligament and posterolateral corner reconstruction for chronic posterior and posterolateral instability restore normal knee function?

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 394-399

  Wajsfisz, A ^a   Christel, P ^b   Djian, P ^a  

^a Goethe Medical Office   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterolateral corner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; POSTEROLATERAL CORNER KNEE RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE LIGAMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953027144     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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