Meniscal injury after adolescent anterior cruciate ligament injury: How long are patients at risk?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 990-997

  Guenther, Zachary D ^a   Swami, Vimarsha ^a   Dhillon, Sukhvinder S ^a   Jaremko, Jacob L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84898805115     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3369-9     Document Type: Article

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