Meniscal repair with biofix arrows: Results after 4.7 years' follow-up

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-74

  Gifstad, Tone ^a   Grøntvedt, Torbjørn ^a   Drogset, Jon Olav ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

All inside; Arrow; Meniscal repair; Meniscus; Meniscus lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVIEW; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENISCAL REPAIR; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845870404     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506293023     Document Type: Review

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