Patient and surgeon characteristics associated with primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction graft selection

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-345

  Inacio, Maria C S ^a   Paxton, Elizabeth W ^a   Maletis, Gregory B ^a   Csintalan, Rick P ^a   Granan, Lars Petter ^b,c   Fithian, Donald C ^a   Funahashi, Tadashi T ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; graft; patient; selection; surgeon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856729734     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511424130     Document Type: Article

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