Preoperative Evaluation and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Technique for Skeletally Immature Patients in Tanner Stages 2 and 3

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 941-948

  Guzzanti, Vincenzo ^a   Falciglia, Francesco ^a   Stanitski, Carl L ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE GRAFT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; LEG; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344064831     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310063301     Document Type: Article

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