Avulsion of anterior cruciate ligament from femoral condyle: An unusual case report and a review of the literature

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1176-1179

  Lakshmanan, Palaniappan ^a,b   Sharma, Ajay ^a   Dixit, Varun ^a   Lyons, Kathleen ^a   Fairclough, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Avulsion; Femoral condyle

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; SKIING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SKIING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750704290     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0090-1     Document Type: Article

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