Torn Discoid Lateral Meniscus Treated Using Partial Central Meniscectomy and Suture of the Peripheral Tear

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 536-542

  Adachi, Nobuo ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^a   Uchio, Yuji ^b   Kuriwaka, Masakazu ^b   Shinomiya, Rikuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discoid meniscus; Meniscal repair; Meniscectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCOID KNEE MENISCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 2442577079     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.01.028     Document Type: Article

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