Results of transphyseal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using patellar tendon autograft in tanner stage 3 or 4 adolescents with clearly open growth plates

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1218-1222

  Shelbourne, K Donald ^a   Gray, Tinker ^a   Wiley, Bryan V ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Open physes; Skeletally immature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRILL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATELLA TENDON; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242744412     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262169     Document Type: Review

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