All-epiphyseal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in skeletally immature patients

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1971-1977

  Lawrence, J Todd R ^a   Bowers, Andrea L ^b   Belding, Jonathan ^c   Cody, Stephanie R ^a   Ganley, Theodore J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; MALE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE GRAFT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954015916     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1255-2     Document Type: Article

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