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Reconstruction for Medial Instability of the Knee

Surgical Technique

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Book cover Late Reconstructions of Injured Ligaments of the Knee

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In dealing with acute knee ligament injuries, the main thing is to find the torn ligaments and to put them together again. Knee reconstruction, on the contrary, is a salvage operation. The questions to be answered are: Who should have a ligament reconstruction? Why should it be done? When should it be done? Where should it be done? Who should do it?

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  1. D. H. O’Donoghue
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  1. Orthopädische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 3, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Deutschland

    Klaus-Peter Schulitz

  2. Orthopädische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstr. 200 a, D-6900, Heidelberg-Schlierbach, Deutschland

    Hartmut Krahl  & Wolfgang Hans Stein  & 

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O’Donoghue, D.H. (1978). Reconstruction for Medial Instability of the Knee. In: Schulitz, KP., Krahl, H., Stein, W.H. (eds) Late Reconstructions of Injured Ligaments of the Knee. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87274-7_9

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