title: A safe postero-medial approach to posterior cruciate ligament avulsion fracture.
abstract: The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) plays a major role in knee stabilization, and clinical studies have shown an increase in incidence of its injury. Due to the surrounding neurovascular elements in the popliteal space, open approaches to repair such injury are difficult to perform. The "safe postero-medial approach" to PCL avulsion fracture is a simple approach, does not require exploration of the neurovascular elements, and produced satisfactory results in the majority of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Akhtar Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Sharif manesh St., Pole Roomi, Shariati Ave., Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyyed Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jazayeri
authors.forename: Ali Akbar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Esmaili Jah
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016119:Posterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult