Anatomic Reconstruction of the Posterolateral Corner of the Knee: A Case Series With Isolated Reconstructions in 27 Patients

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 918-925

  Jakobsen, Bent Wulff ^a   Lund, Bent ^b   Christiansen, Svend Erik ^b   Lind, Martin C ^b  

^a Eira Private Hospital   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING AUTOGRAFT; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INSTABILITY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; POSTEROLATERAL CORNER INSTABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVECTOMY; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORTS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953962388     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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