Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the skeletally immature high-performance athlete: What to do and when to do it?

Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-394

  Barber, F Alan ^a   Sanders, James O ^b   Clark, Ron ^c  

^a Plano Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^b Shriner's Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CASE REPORT; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SPORT INJURY; VALGUS DEFORMITY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034182104     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(00)90084-7     Document Type: Article

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