Meniscal allograft transplantation: Long-term clinical results with radiological and magnetic resonance imaging correlations

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 694-706

  Verdonk, Peter C M ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad L ^a   Almqvist, Karl F ^a   De Cuyper, Kristof ^a   Veys, Eric M ^a   Verbruggen, Gust ^a   Verdonk, René ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allograft; Meniscus; MRI; Radiology; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750197512     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0033-2     Document Type: Article

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