Simultaneous surgical management of chronic grade-2 valgus instability of the knee and anterior cruciate ligament deficiency in athletes

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-316

  Osti, Leonardo ^a   Papalia, Rocco ^b   Buono, Angelo Del ^b   Merlo, Franco ^c   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^d  

^a HESPERIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c Unit of Orthopaedic   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; MCL repair; Misdiagnosis; Mismanagement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951298632     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0966-y     Document Type: Article

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