The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 230-234 , June 2010

Functional outcome following PCL and complex knee ligament reconstruction

  • E.B. Goudie
    • ,
  • E.M. Will
    • ,
  • J.F. Keating

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Royal Infirmary, Little France, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, Scotland. Tel.: +44 131 242 3436; fax: +44 131 242 3467.

Received 29 April 2009 ,Revised 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.08.008

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 230-234 , June 2010

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