Complications in anterior cruciate ligament surgery

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-105

  Sekiya, Jon K ^a   Ong, Bernard C ^b   Bradley, James P ^c,d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b Orthoped Surg and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^c Burke and Bradley Orthopaedics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTAMINATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TENDONS;

EID: 0037238956     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(02)00058-5     Document Type: Review

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