Treating anterior cruciate ligament tears in skeletally immature patients

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 704-716

  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 RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE INJURY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR STABILIZATION; JOINT INJURY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSEAL SPARING STABILIZATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON GRAFT; TRANSOSSEOUS STABILIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954614884     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.11.062     Document Type: Review

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