Approach to Management of the Patient with the Multiligament-Injured Knee

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  • Kaitlin M. Carroll
  • Gregory Cvetanovich
  • Benton E. Heyworth
  • Thomas J. Gill
چکیده

Questions/purposes: The objectives of this study were (1) tTo offer an algorithm for management of the patient with a multiligamentous injury to the knee .(2) to describe the clinical and functional outcomes of a consecutive series of patients with multiligament knee injuries managed with this approach by a single surgeon (3) to present a novel surgical technique for the treatment of multiligamentous knee injuries.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013