Effect of timing of ACL reconstruction in surgery and development of meniscal and chondral lesions

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-40

  Edmund Anstey, D ^a   Heyworth, Benton E ^b   Price, Mark D ^c   Gill, Thomas J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Cartilage lesions; Meniscal tears; Timing of surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859864792     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2012.02.1949     Document Type: Article

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