Transphyseal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the skeletally immature: Follow-up to a minimum of sixteen years of age

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kumar, Sujit ^a   Ahearne, David ^a   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEGNER ACTIVITY SCORE; TRANSPHYSEAL ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; EPIPHYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874963655     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01707     Document Type: Article

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