Should the posterior cruciate ligament be retained or resected in condylar nonmeniscal knee arthroplasty? The case for resection.
The arguments for resection of the (anterior and) posterior cruciate ligament(s), as a step in total knee arthroplasty, are reviewed on the basis of the authors' personal experience and the work of others published in the literature.
Freeman
M A
MA
London Hospital, Whitechapel, England.
Railton
G T
GT
D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation