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Injuries of the Lateral Collateral Ligament and Posterolateral Corner of the Knee

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Football Traumatology

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The lateral collateral ligament (LCL) is a crucial part of the posterolateral corner. Therefore, it can be treated exclusively in the context of the musculoligamentous complex to which it belongs.

A previous version of this chapter included an incorrect affiliation for Andrea Campi and Stefano Campi. For this reason an erratum has been published, correcting the mistake in the previous version and showing the correct affiliation (see DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-18245-2_38).

An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18245-2_38

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni - Addolorata, Rome, Italy

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Campi, A., Campi, S. (2015). Injuries of the Lateral Collateral Ligament and Posterolateral Corner of the Knee. In: Volpi, P. (eds) Football Traumatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18245-2_15

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