Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Elite Throwing Athletes

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1187-1191

  Koh, Jason Lee ^a   Schafer, Michael F ^a   Keuter, Greg ^b   Hsu, Jason E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chicago Cubs Professional Baseball Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

Docking technique; Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

EID: 33750470043     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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