Conventional meniscal repair techniques

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-208

  Bottoni, Craig R ^a   Arciero, Robert A ^a  

^a KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

All inside; Conventional repair; Inside out; Knee; Meniscus; Open repair; Outside in

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038483858     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-6666(00)80005-1     Document Type: Article

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