Semitendinosus tenodesis for medial instability of the knee

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 660-663

  Kim, Sung Jae ^a   Choi, Nam Hong ^b   Shin, Sang Jin ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knee; Medial instability; Semitendinosus; Tenodesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SURGERY; TENODESIS;

EID: 0035413043     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.21846     Document Type: Article

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