The all-inside meniscal suture technique using new instruments

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 256-258

  Maruyama, Masaaki ^a,b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

All inside; Meniscal suture; Soft polyfilament thread

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 0029939150     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(96)90024-9     Document Type: Article

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