Long-term outcome of patients treated surgically for traumatic knee dislocation: Does the injury pattern matter?

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-89

  Hirschmann, Michael T ^a   Meier, Matthias D ^a   Amsler, Felix ^b   Friederich, Niklaus F ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology   (Switzerland)

^b Amsler Consulting   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Function; Injury pattern; Long term outcome; Multiligament knee injury; Traumatic knee dislocation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; STRESS; TRAUMATIC KNEE DISLOCATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES;

HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 77955387967     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.06.1786     Document Type: Article

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