Arthroscopic Avulsion Repair of a Pediatric ACL with an Anomalous Primary Insertion into the Lateral Meniscus

HSS Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-193

  Toy, Jason O ^b   Feeley, Brian T ^a,c   Gulotta, Lawrence V ^a   Warren, Russell F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL repair; meniscus repair; pediatric

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960944448     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-011-9197-0     Document Type: Review

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