Transphyseal reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in prepubescent athletes

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1481-1486

  Streich, Nikolaus A ^a   Barié, Alexander ^a   Gotterbarm, Tobias ^a   Keil, Maximilian ^a   Schmitt, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL rupture; Immature; Nonoperative therapy; Transphyseal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649959080     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1057-9     Document Type: Article

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