Primary repair combined with bone marrow stimulation in acute anterior cruciate ligament lesions: Results in a group of athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 571-578

  Gobbi, Alberto ^a   Bathan, Lyndon ^a   Boldrini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Arthroscopic Surgery International (OASI) Bioresearch Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Arthroscopy; Bone marrow stimulation; Microfracture; Partial tear; Primary repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE MARROW STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE MARROW; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE MARROW; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67049167803     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508327141     Document Type: Article

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