Meniscal and articular cartilage lesions in the anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee: correlation between time from injury and knee scores

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 232-239

  Michalitsis, Sotirios ^a   Vlychou, Mariana ^a   Malizos, Konstantinos N ^a   Thriskos, Paschal ^a   Hantes, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Cartilage lesions; Knee scores; Meniscal tears; Time from injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876075241     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2497-9     Document Type: Article

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