Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1415-1422 , December 2009

Volumetric Injury of the Physis During Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Children: A 3-Dimensional Study Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Kevin G. Shea, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Intermountain Orthopaedics, Boise, Idaho
    • Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Kevin G. Shea, M.D., Intermountain Orthopaedics, 600 N Robbins Rd, Ste 100, Boise, ID 83702, U.S.A.
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  • Jen Belzer, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Peter J. Apel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.
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  • Kurt Nilsson, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Intermountain Orthopaedics, Boise, Idaho
    • ,
  • Nathan L. Grimm, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Intermountain Orthopaedics, Boise, Idaho
    • Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
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  • Ronald P. Pfeiffer, Ed.D., L.A.T., A.T.C.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanic Research (COBR), Department of Kinesiology, Boise, Idaho

Received 2 September 2008 ,Accepted 22 June 2009.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00568-4

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.06.023

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1415-1422 , December 2009

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