Transepiphyseal replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament in skeletally immature patients a preliminary report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1255-1263

  Anderson, Allen F ^a  

^a LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0038801248     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200307000-00011     Document Type: Article

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