Isolated tears of the anterior cruciate ligament: Over 30-year follow-up of patients treated with arthrotomy and primary repair

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Taylor, Dean C ^a   Posner, Matthew ^b   Curl, Walton W ^c   Feagin, John A ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^d Duke Sports Medicine Center ^*

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Knee; Primary repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL KNEE DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; LONG TERM CARE; LYSHOLM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE ASSESSMENT NUMERIC EVALUATION; SYMPTOM; TEGNER ACTIVITY SCALE;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149247910     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508325660     Document Type: Article

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