The anatomy of the proximal tibia in pediatric and adolescent patients: Implications for ACL reconstruction and prevention of physeal arrest

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-327

  Shea, Kevin G ^a,b,d   Apel, Peter J ^c   Pfeiffer, Ronald P ^d   Traughber, Paul D ^d,e  

^a Intermountain Orthopaedics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e McCall Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee injury; Pediatric; Physis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34047224559     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0171-1     Document Type: Article

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