Volumetric Injury of the Physis During Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Children: A 3-Dimensional Study Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1415-1422

  Shea, Kevin G ^a,c   Belzer, Jen ^d   Apel, Peter J ^e   Nilsson, Kurt ^a   Grimm, Nathan L ^a,c   Pfeiffer, Ronald P ^b  

^a Intermountain Orthopaedics   (United States)

^b Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanic Research (COBR)   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee injury; Pediatric; Physis; Skeletally immature

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIBIA;

EID: 72049088003     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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