Open AccessIntact, pie-crusting and repairing the posterior cruciate ligament in posterior cruciate ligament-retaining total knee arthroplasty: A 5-year follow-up
Author(s) -
Desi Ma,
Wen-Yew Liang,
Zhiwei Wang,
Bo Zhang,
Shi-Xiang Ren,
Yuan Lin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i24.4208
Subject(s) - medicine , posterior cruciate ligament , total knee arthroplasty , range of motion , surgery , anterior cruciate ligament
The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is important for cruciate-retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Whether the entire PCL should be retained during CR-TKA is controversial.