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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
September 2002
First Orthopedic Clinic of the University of Florence, Largo P. Palagi, 1, 50139 Florence, Italy.
We reviewed 18 patients (knees) operated on because of chronic PCL insufficiency. Preoperatively all the patients were severely disabled and showed a posterior drawer of 10 mm or more. A quadriceps tendon autograft was implanted using an open technique, direct posterior approach, and fixation to the tibia.
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September 2001
First Orthopedic Clinic of the University of Florence, Largo P. Palagi 1, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Three different knee replacements, with three trochlear designs, were prospectively evaluated clinically and radiographically for patellar function and presence of patellar complications. They included the Insall-Burstein (IB) I and the IB-II (posterior cruciate ligament substituting) and the Meniscal Bearing Knee (MBK; posterior cruciate ligament recession). The trochlea of the IB-I was short and shallow with an anterior sharp edge of the intercondylar box (later modified to a smoother edge) and the femoral component had a prominent "shoulder.
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