Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature Patient

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 124-134

  Kocher, Mininder S ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; adolescents; children; growth plates; meniscus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE MATURATION; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33750529797     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otsm.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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