Management of Morel-Lavallee lesion of the knee: Twenty-seven cases in the national football league

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1162-1167

  Tejwani, Samir G ^a,d   Cohen, Steven B ^b   Bradley, James P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Burke and Bradley Orthopaedics   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed degloving; Football; Knee; Morel Lavallee lesion (MLL)

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ATHLETE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONVALESCENCE; CRYOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOREL LAVALLEE LESION; MOTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN INDURATION; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CRYOTHERAPY; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PATELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250897474     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507299448     Document Type: Article

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