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ReviewThe archives of bone and joint surgery2018

Posterior Cruciate Ligament: Current Concepts Review.

Santiago Pache, Zachary S Aman, Mitchell Kennedy, Gilberto Yoshinobu Nakama, Gilbert Moatshe, Connor Ziegler, Robert F LaPrade

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Review in The archives of bone and joint surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Allografts in reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament: a health economics perspective.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019
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  10. [Impact of tibial tunnel position in artificial posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on postoperative knee function and stability].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Santiago PacheSteadman Philippon Research Institute, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Zachary S AmanSteadman Philippon Research Institute, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Mitchell KennedySteadman Philippon Research Institute, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Gilberto Yoshinobu NakamaSteadman Philippon Research Institute, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Gilbert MoatsheSteadman Philippon Research Institute, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Connor ZieglerSteadman Philippon Research Institute, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Robert F LaPradeSteadman Philippon Research Institute, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Steadman Philippon Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is the largest and strongest ligament in the human knee, and the primary posterior stabilizer. Recent anatomy and biomechanical studies have provided an improved understanding of PCL function. PCL injuries are typically combined with other ligamentous, meniscal and chondral injuries. Stress radiography has become an important and validated objective measure in surgical decision making and post-operative assessment. Isolated grade I or II PCL injuries can usually be treated non-operatively. However, when acute grade III PCL ruptures occur together with other ligamentous injury and/or repairable meniscal body/root tears, surgery is indicated. Anatomic single-bundle PCL reconstruction (SB-PCLR) typically restores the larger anterolateral bundle (ALB) and represents the most commonly performed procedure. Unfortunately, residual posterior and rotational tibial instability after SB-PCLR has led to the development of an anatomic double-bundle (DB) PCLR to restore the native PCL footprint and co-dominant behavior of the anterolateral and posteromedial bundles and re-establish normal knee kinematics. The purpose of this article is to review the pertinent details regarding PCL anatomy, biomechanics, injury diagnosis and treatment options, with a focus on arthroscopically assisted DB-PCLR.

Indexed as

double bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstructionposterior cruciate ligamentposterior knee laxitystress radiographs

Identifiers

PMID29430489
PMCPMC5799606
OpenAlexW2781787765

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