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- Title
Screw fixation of a 4 1/2-year-old PCL avulsion injury.
- Authors
Jung, Tobias M.; Höher, Jürgen; Weiler, Andreas; Höher, Jürgen
- Abstract
We report about the case of a 4(1/2)-year delayed screw fixation of a tibial posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) avulsion fracture in combination with a posterolateral stabilization. After open reduction and rigid screw fixation, combined with a posterolateral stabilization using a semitendinosus tendon autograft, the patient returned to full activity in sports and daily life. If the PCL substance is sufficient, a delayed refixation in an old PCL avulsion injury seems to be a viable alternative to PCL reconstruction.
- Subjects
CRUCIATE ligaments; FRACTURE fixation; BONE screws; BONESETTERS; TENDONS; AUTOGRAFTS; AVULSION fractures; TRAUMA surgery; PEDIATRIC surgery
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2006, Vol 14, Issue 5, p469
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-005-0687-9