Complications of posterior cruciate ligament surgery

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-274

  Zawodny, Sarah R ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; posterior cruciate ligament (PCL); reconstruction; surgery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE NECROSIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE PAIN; LACERATION; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA FRACTURE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ARTHROSCOPY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEONECROSIS; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649661296     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3181f2f4c2     Document Type: Review

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