The Influence of Femoral Technique for Graft Placement on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using a Skeletally Immature Canine Model With a Rapidly Growing Physis

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Chudik, Steven ^a,b   Beasley, Leslie ^c   Potter, Hollis ^d,e   Wickiewicz, Thomas ^d,e   Warren, Russell ^d,e   Rodeo, Scott ^d,e  

^a Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates SC   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Epiphyseal tunnel; Physis; Skeletally immature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIPHYSEAL FEMORAL TECHNIQUE; FEMUR CONDYLE; GRAFT FAILURE; METAPHYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVER THE TOP FEMORAL TECHNIQUE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKELETON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TRANSPHYSEAL FEMORAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 36549061462     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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