Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadriceps tendon autograft for adolescents with open physes- a technical note

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mauch, Christian ^a   Arnold, Markus P ^a   Wirries, André ^a   Mayer, Ralph R ^a,b   Friederich, Niklaus F ^a   Hirschmann, Michael T ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Bruderholz ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL tear; transphyseal drillingquadriceps tendon autograftarthroscopyACL reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954597844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2555-3-7     Document Type: Article

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