Meniscal repair with first generation fixators

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

  Kurzweil, Peter R ^a   Lemos, Mark J ^b,c  

^a Orthopaedic Research Institute   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Meniscus fixators; Meniscus repair

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCISION; JOINT DEGENERATION; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1542270851     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200403000-00006     Document Type: Article

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