Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in a Skeletally Immature Adolescent Athlete

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-324

  Salzmann, Gian M ^a   Spang, Jeffrey T ^b   Imhoff, Andreas B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Double bundle; Immature; Physis; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE MATURATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPORTS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 60549093577     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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