The "Cruciate Suture" for Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair: A New Technique

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1134.e1-1134.e5

  Abdelkafy, Ashraf ^a   Wlk, Mathias ^a   Krasny, Christian ^a   Landsiedl, Franz ^a  

^a ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL SPEISING   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic meniscal repair; Cruciate suture; Outside in technique; Ultimate tension load

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUCIATE SUTURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NEEDLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSION;

EID: 33749253090     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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