Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 286-293 , October 2003

ACL/PCL reconstruction: the role of double-bundle PCL reconstruction

  • Hussein A Elkousy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fondren Orthopaedic Group, Sugar Land, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hussein A. Elkousy, MD, Fondren Orthopaedic Group, 15200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 290, Sugar Land, TX 77478, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher D Harner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sports Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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PII: S1060-1872(03)00039-X

doi: 10.1016/S1060-1872(03)00039-X

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 286-293 , October 2003

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