Indirect patella fractures following ACL reconstruction: A review

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 494-500

  Tay, Guan ^a   Warrier, Satish ^a   Marquis, Guy ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATELLA FRACTURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33745572991     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610046451     Document Type: Review

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