Patient selection for ACL reconstruction

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 328-335

  Arendt, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Grossfeld, Stacie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Meniscal injury; Osteoarthritis; Patient selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243084990     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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