ACL tibial remnant, to save or not?

Orthopedics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-159

  Junkin Jr , David M ^a,b   Johnson, Darren L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE GRAFT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 41349106400     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20080201-13     Document Type: Review

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