Rationale and Treatment of Multiple-Ligament Injured Knees: The Seattle Perspective

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-72

  Merritt, Andrew L ^a   Wahl, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Injuries; MCL; Multiple ligament injured knee; PCL; PLC; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 79952030928     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otsm.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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