Meniscal and chondral injuries associated with pediatric anterior cruciate ligament tears: Relationship of treatment time and patient-specific factors

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2128-2133

  Dumont, Guillaume D ^a   Hogue, Grant D ^a   Padalecki, Jeffrey R ^a   Okoro, Ngozi ^b   Wilson, Philip L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL tear; cartilage injury; chondral injury; meniscus; meniscus tear; pediatric ACL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866037890     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512449994     Document Type: Article

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