Management of complex knee ligament injuries

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2235-2246

  Fanelli, Gregory C ^a   Stannard, James P ^b   Stuart, Michael J ^c   MacDonald, Peter B ^d   Marx, Robert G ^e   Whelan, Daniel B ^f   Boyd, Joel L ^g   Levy, Bruce A ^c  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Pan Am Clinic   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g TRIA Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPLICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; FRACTURE; INJURY; INNERVATION; KNEE INJURY; LEG; LIGAMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LOWER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77957014271     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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