Outside-in meniscus suture technique: 5 years' follow-up

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-172

  Marinescu, Rodica ^a,b   Laptoiu, Dan ^a   Negrusoiu, Mihai ^a  

^a Carol Davila School of Medicine   (Romania)

^b Building P2B ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Meniscus; Outside in; Surgical; Suture; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE; ARTHROSCOPY; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUPTURE; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMATERIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE; SECOND-LOOK SURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141765752     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0347-x     Document Type: Article

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