Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 728-732 , July 2009

Arthroscopic Identification of Isolated Tear of the Posterolateral Bundle of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

  • Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre Orthopédique Santy, Lyon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, M.D., Centre Orthopédique Santy, 24 Av Paul Santy, 69008 Lyon, France
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  • Johannes Barth, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinique des Cèdres, Echirolles, France
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  • Nicolas Graveleau, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre Médico Chirurgical Paris V, Paris, France
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  • Yann Fournier, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre Orthopédique Santy, Lyon, France
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  • Jean-Philippe Hager, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre Orthopédique Santy, Lyon, France
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  • Pierre Chambat, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre Orthopédique Santy, Lyon, France

Received 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 31 December 2008.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00010-3

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.12.018

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 728-732 , July 2009

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