Neurologic and vascular injuries associated with knee ligament injuries

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2448-2462

  Johnson, Michael E ^a   Foster, Lynanne ^a   DeLee, Jesse C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicruciate; Biligamentous; Knee dislocation; Knee ligament; Neurovascular; Peroneal nerve; Popliteal artery

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCIOTOMY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LIMB; LIMB SALVAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TIBIAL NERVE; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN INJURY;

HUMANS; KNEE DISLOCATION; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; PERONEAL NERVE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 56249111321     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508325669     Document Type: Review

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