Stress Radiographs in the Posterior Drawer Position at 90° Flexion Should Be Used for the Evaluation of the PCL in CR TKA with Flexion Instability

Stress Radiographs in the Posterior Drawer Position at 90° Flexion Should Be Used for the Evaluation of the PCL in CR TKA with Flexion Instability

The purpose of this study was to define a cut-off value for the posterior drawer position in stress radiography that confirms an insufficiency of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in cruciate-retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In this retrospective study, 20 symptomatic patients with...

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Main Authors: Lukas B. Moser, Matthias Koch, Silvan Hess, Ponnaian Prabhakar, Helmut Rasch, Felix Amsler, Michael T. Hirschmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
cruciate retaining
CR
total knee arthroplasty
TKA
posterior cruciate ligament
PCL
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/4/1013

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