Bilateral symptomatic discoid medial meniscus: Report of three cases

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-743

  Lee, Byung Ill ^b   Lee, Yong Seuk ^a   Kwon, Sai Won ^b   Choi, Sung Woo ^a   Cho, Ki Hyun ^a   Kwon, Yong Jin ^a  

^a Armed Forces Yangju Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bilateral discoid medial meniscus; Meniscus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 34250318698     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0273-9     Document Type: Article

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