Transphyseal reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in prepubescent children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1317-1322

  Liddle, A D ^a   Imbuldeniya, A M ^a   Hunt, D M ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53849112280     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B10.21168     Document Type: Article

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