Radiographic evaluation of the knee joint after meniscal allograft transplantation. An experimental study in rabbits

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-246

  Rijk, Paul C ^a   De Rooy, Theo P W ^b   Coerkamp, Emile G ^b   Bernoski, Franz Peter ^b   Van Noorden, Cornelis J F ^c  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allograft; Articular cartilage; Meniscal transplantation; Meniscus; Radiographic changes

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036654892     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-002-0284-0     Document Type: Article

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