Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in the skeletally immature patient

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 298-307

  Kocher, Mininder S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Children; Growth plates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE MATURATION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CHILD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244441377     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.oto.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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