Remnant volume of anterior cruciate ligament correlates preoperative patients' status and postoperative outcome

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 906-913

  Muneta, Takeshi ^a   Koga, Hideyuki ^a   Ju, Young Jin ^a   Horie, Masafumi ^a   Nakamura, Tomomasa ^a   Sekiya, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Postoperative outcome; Preoperative condition; Remnant; Remnant preserving technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875378402     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2023-5     Document Type: Article

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