Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in men and women: An outcome analysis comparing gender

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 588-596

  Ferrari, James D ^a,b   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a   Bush Joseph, Charles A ^a   Wang, Thomas ^a   Bojchuk, John ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Female ACL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035412999     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.24686     Document Type: Article

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