No bone tunnel enlargement in patients with open growth plates after transphyseal ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1445-1451

  Kopf, S ^a   Schenkengel, J P ^a   Wieners, G ^a   Starke C ^a   Becker, R ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b City Hospital Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Open growth plate; Skeletally immature; Suspensory fixation; Tunnel enlargement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE NAIL; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NAILS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649980067     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-1041-4     Document Type: Article

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