Hamstring anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the skeletally immature patient

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-322

  Anderson, Allen F ^a,b   Anderson, Christian N ^a  

^a LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Children; Hamstring; Knee

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GUIDE WIRE; HAMSTRING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 25844446990     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bto.0000177750.32441.24     Document Type: Article

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