The potential for primary repair of the ACL

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-49

  Vavken, Patrick ^a   Murray, Martha M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951641709     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3182095e5d     Document Type: Review

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