Effect of drain use in the early postoperative period after arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with bone-patellar tendon-bone graft

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Dhawan, Aman ^a   Doukas, William C ^b   Papazis, Janet A ^b   Scoville, Charles R ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0038012910     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310031601     Document Type: Article

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