Posterior cruciate ligament injury: repair and reconstruction

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.51.022

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The posterior cruciate ligament is one of the important structures to maintain the stability of the knee joint. When the posterior cruciate ligament is injured, the stability of the knee joint will decrease, thus impact the knee function and even lead to serious joint disability.
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the latest progress in the treatment of posterior cruciate ligament injury, aiming to have a better understanding about the treatment of posterior cruciate ligament injury.
METHODS: A computer-based online search of Wanfang, CNKI and PubMed databases was performed for articles related to posterior cruciate ligament injury published in the recent 20 years. The keywords were “posterior cruciate ligament; ligament reconstruction; injury” in Chinese and English, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Currently, posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction has worse effects than anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Choice of grafts, location of the bone tunnel, implantation tension and fixation method are all crucial for the posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Additionally, patient’s compliance and postoperative rehabilitation exercises are also important influencing factors. Currently, there is a lack of adequate randomized controlled trials to compare the efficacy of different treatment modalities.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建；骨细胞；软骨细胞；细胞培养；成纤维细胞；血管内皮细胞；骨质疏松；组织工程

CLC Number:

R318

Ha Si-lu, Liu Li-guo, Zhang Xie-zhuo, Yilihamu Tuoheti.

Posterior cruciate ligament injury: repair and reconstruction

[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2015, 19(51): 8322-8326.

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