Special considerations Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the skeletally immature

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-77

  Paletta Jr , George A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; AVULSION INJURY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRACTURE; CRYOTHERAPY; FIBROSIS; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE PAIN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LIMB DEFORMITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALKING AID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CHILD; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS;

EID: 0037239137     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(02)00067-6     Document Type: Review

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