Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries : Practical Guide to Management

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
1 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament 3
2 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Posterolateral Aspect of the
Knee 23
3 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Posteromedial Aspect of the
Knee 47
4 Clinical Examination of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament-
Deficient Knee 65
5 Imaging of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament 77
6 Measurement of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament and
Posterolateral Corner 87
7 Arthroscopic Evaluation of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament and
Posterolateral Corner 95
8 The Natural History of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament-
Deficient Knee 109
9 Nonoperative Treatment of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
117
10 Graft Selection in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery 135
11 Arthroscopically Assisted Posterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction: Transtibial Tunnel Technique 141
12 Arthroscopically Assisted Posterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction: Tibial Inlay Technique 157
13 Arthroscopically Assisted Posterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction: Double Femoral Tunnel Technique 175
14 Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Synthetics 189
15 Arthroscopically Assisted Combined Anterior Cruciate
Ligament/Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction 215
16 Surgical Treatment of Posterolateral Instability 237
17 Surgical Treatment of Medial Ligament Injuries Associated
with Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tears 249
18 Rehabilitation of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery 267
19 Complications in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery 291
Index 303