Evaluation of the failed ACL reconstruction

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-16

  Lahav, Amit ^a   Burks, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Failure; Instability; Reconstruction; Review; Revision

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 14644412845     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsa.0000147193.95513.84     Document Type: Review

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