The isometry of two different paths for remnant-preserving posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1029-1035

  Jung, Ho Joong ^a   Kim, Jin Hong ^a   Lee, Han Jun ^a   Koo, Seungbum ^a   Chang, Seung Hwan ^a   Jung, Young Bok ^b   Lee, Sang Hak ^c  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Curvature; Isometry; Passage; Posterior cruciate ligament; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876343493     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2111-6     Document Type: Article

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