Meniscus-Stabilizing Function of the Meniscofemoral Ligament: Experimental Study of Pig Knee Joints

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 872-877

  Cho, SungDo ^a   Ko, SangHun ^a   Woo, Jong Ken ^a  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knee joint; Lateral meniscus; Pig; Posterior meniscofemoral ligament; Stabilizing function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMUR CONDYLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE LIGAMENT; MENISCECTOMY; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE;

EID: 33746834936     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.04.081     Document Type: Article

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