The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 264-269 , August 2010

Tibial inlay for posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review

  • Rocco Papalia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy
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  • Leonardo Osti

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma Surgery, Hesperia Hospital, Via Arquà 80/b, Modena, Italy
    • ,
  • Angelo Del Buono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Vincenzo Denaro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Nicola Maffulli

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, 275 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, England, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 5 September 2009 ,Revised 17 February 2010 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.02.006

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 264-269 , August 2010

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