Computed tomography evaluation of the femoral and tibial attachments of the posterior cruciate ligament in vitro

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1876-1883

  Greiner, Philippe ^a   Magnussen, Robert A ^a   Lustig, Sébastien ^a   Demey, Guillaume ^a   Neyret, Philippe ^a   Servien, Elvire ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Computed tomography; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054107109     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1493-1     Document Type: Article

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