Natural history of the post-meniscectomy knee

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 236-243

  Lee, J Mi ^a   Allen, Christina R ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Knee; Knee osteoarthritis; Meniscectomy; Meniscus; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CHONDROPATHY; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FORCE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; JOINT MALFORMATION; KINEMATICS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MENISCECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036904708     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200210040-00002     Document Type: Review

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