Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1333-1339 , October 2010

An Analysis of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament Isometric Position Using an In Vivo 3-Dimensional Computed Tomography–Based Knee Joint Model

Presented at the 2009 Congress of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Keystone, Colorado, July 2009.

  • Woon-Seob Jeong, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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  • Yon-Sik Yoo, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Yon-Sik Yoo, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gyodong 153, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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  • Do-Young Kim, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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  • Nagraj S. Shetty, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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  • Patrick Smolinski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Kartik Logishetty, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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  • Anil Ranawat, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Received 1 August 2009 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(10)00185-4

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.02.016

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1333-1339 , October 2010

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