Is it important to secure the horns during lateral meniscal transplantation? A cadaveric study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-181

  Chen, Michael I ^a   Branch, Thomas P ^a,b   Hutton, William C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact pressure; Knee; Meniscal transplantation; Meniscus; Pressure sensitive film

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCECTOMY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029918667     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(96)90007-9     Document Type: Article

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