An all-arthroscopic soft-tissue balancing technique for lateral patellar instability

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 555-557

  Ahmad, Christopher S ^a,b   Lee, Francis Y ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Dislocation; Instability; Knee; Patella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INSTABILITY; PATELLA TENDON; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035353851     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.20667     Document Type: Article

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