Acute traumatic primary patellar dislocation: Long-term results comparing conservative and surgical treatment

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-66

  Buchner, Matthias ^a   Baudendistel, Benjamin ^a   Sabo, Desiderius ^a   Schmitt, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute traumatic; Conservative therapy; Patellar dislocation; Primary; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16244363680     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000157315.10756.14     Document Type: Article

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