The effect of workers' compensation on clinical outcomes of arthroscopic-assisted autogenous patellar tendon anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in an acute population

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 132-137

  Barrett, Gene R ^a   Rook, Ronald T ^a,b   Nash, Carrie R ^a   Coggin, Mary Robin H ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^b Horizon Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Arthroscopy; Knee surgery; Patellar tendon autograft; Workers' Compensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATELLA TENDON; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0035263110     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.21785     Document Type: Article

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