Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in skeletally immature patients

Orthopedics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 864-871

  Johnston, Douglas R ^a   Ganley, Theodore J ^a   Flynn, John M ^a   Gregg, John R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0036705993     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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