Sterile Pretibial Abscess After Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction From Bioabsorbable Interference Screws: A Report of 2 Cases

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 911.e1-911.e4

  Busfield, Benjamin T ^a   Anderson, Lesley J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Anterior cruciate ligament; Poly L lactic acid

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS;

EID: 34547508558     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.07.025     Document Type: Article

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