The role of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the older patients, 55 years or above

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Arbuthnot, James Edmund ^a,b,c   Brink, Rodney B ^a  

^a The Geelong Geelong Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Age; Knee; Ligament; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249119972     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0864-3     Document Type: Article

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