Monopolar thermal treatment of symptomatic anterior cruciate ligament instability

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 407, Issue , 2003, Pages 139-147

  Indelli, Pier Francesco ^a,b   Dillingham, Michael F ^a   Fanton, Gary S ^a   Schurman, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INSTABILITY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037314851     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200302000-00021     Document Type: Article

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