Good surgical outcome of transphyseal ACL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients using four-strand hamstring graft

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-591

  Courvoisier, Aurélien ^a   Grimaldi, Mathieu ^a   Plaweski, Stéphane ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Children; Open physes; Quadruple hamstring graft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952984982     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1282-2     Document Type: Article

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