Anatomic posterolateral knee reconstructions require a popliteofibular ligament reconstruction through a tibial tunnel

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1674-1681

  McCarthy, Mark ^a   Camarda, Lawrence ^b   Wijdicks, Coen A ^c   Johansen, Steinar ^d   Engebretsen, Lars ^d   Laprade, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

anatomic posterolateral knee reconstruction; knee biomechanics; popliteofibular ligament; posterolateral knee injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TENODESIS; TIBIA;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TENODESIS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77956259769     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510361220     Document Type: Article

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