New generation meniscus fixator devices

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-59

  Sgaglione, Nicholas A ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Associates of Manhasset   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic meniscal repair; New devices; Next generation implants

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1542330792     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200403000-00007     Document Type: Review

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