Association Between Meniscal and Chondral Lesions and Timing of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  de Campos, Gustavo Constantino ^a   Nery, Wilton ^b   Teixeira, Paulo Eduardo Portes ^b   Araujo, Paulo Henrique ^b   Alves, Wilson de Mello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Research and Development Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; cartilage; knee; tibial menisci

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHONDROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84994319033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23259671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2325967116669309     Document Type: Article

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