Negative knee arthroscopy: Is it really negative?

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 620-623

  Hossain, Saqif ^a,b   Sundar, Manthravadi S ^a  

^a ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Knee; Negative; Normal

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035413034     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.24703     Document Type: Article

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