The effect of total meniscectomy versus caudal pole hemimeniscectomy on the stifle joint of the sheep

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-63

  Simpson, D S ^a   Bellenger, C R ^b   Ghosh, P ^a   Numata, Y ^a   Little, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Hemimeniscectomy; Meniscectomy; Osteoarthritis; Sheep; Stifle

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644451653     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632463     Document Type: Article

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