Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the skeletally immature: An anatomical study utilizing 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging reconstructions

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-129

  Kercher, Jim ^a   Xerogeanes, John ^a   Tannenbaum, Allen ^b   Al Hakim, Ramsey ^c   Black, James C ^a   Zhao, John ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional model; ACL; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Pediatrics; Physis; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MODULE FOR ADOLESCENT ACL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTICAL TUNNEL DIAMETER; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EPIPHYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649964382     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181982228     Document Type: Article

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