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Posterior Cruciate Ligament Knee Instability

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This chapter discusses posterior cruciate ligament knee instability, its causes, clinical presentation, investigation and management. The natural history of posterior cruciate ligament knee instability is also discussed.

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Panayiotou Charalambous, C. (2022). Posterior Cruciate Ligament Knee Instability. In: The Knee Made Easy . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54506-2_57

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