Is it necessary to anchor the meniscal transplants with bone plugs?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 186-187

  Messner, K ^a   Verdonk, R ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0033142513     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00454.x     Document Type: Article

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