Combined posterior cruciate ligament and superficial medial collateral ligament reconstruction using hamstrings autograft: Technical note with a case report

Musculoskeletal Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Zaffagnini, Stefano ^a   Muccioli, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani ^a   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855169650     PISSN: 20355106     EISSN: 20355114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12306-011-0127-6     Document Type: Article

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