title: Alabama sports medicine experience with isolated and combined posterior cruciate ligament injuries.
abstract: Injuries to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) are an uncommon but significant instability pattern that eventually deteriorates the articular surface of the PLC-deficient knee. Although controversy persists regarding the appropriate treatment for the isolated PCL tear, patients with combined ligament injuries are best served by reconstruction of the PCL and surgical correction of the other injured tissues. The authors outline their experience with these complex ligamentous derangements.
authors: Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Birmingham.
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Kaplan
authors: W G
authors: WG
authors: Clancy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000407:Alabama; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017885:Collateral Ligaments / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000628:therapy; D007719:Knee Joint; D016119:Posterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000293:injuries*