Clinical and arthroscopic features of meniscal tears and a search for the role of infection in histologically confirmed meniscal mucoid degeneration

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-299

  Boya, Hakan ^a   Pınar, Halit ^b   Gülay, Zeynep ^b   Oktay, Gülgün ^b   Özer, Erdener ^b  

^a Private Ege Health Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical findings; Degeneration; Etiology; Meniscus; Mucoid degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCOID DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE SECTION; AGE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 16544381051     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0412-5     Document Type: Article

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