Meniscel repair in the goat model: The use of healing adjuncts on central tears and the role of magnetic resonance arthrography in repair evaluation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 278-284

  Ritchie, Joseph R ^a,b   Miller, Mark D ^a   Bents, Robert T ^a   Smith, Douglas K ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Center for Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALING; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GOAT; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

FIBRIN;

ANIMALS; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN; GOATS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031594312     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465980260022001     Document Type: Article

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