The double-loop technique for meniscal suture

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 944-947

  Bender, Benjamin ^a,b   Shabat, Shay ^a   Mann, Gideon ^a   Oz, Hadar ^a   Adar, Eliyahu ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Knee arthroscopy; Meniscal suture; Nylon loops

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYDIOXANONE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; DOUBLE LOOP TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NEEDLE; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 0036822141     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.32327     Document Type: Article

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