Meniscal allografts: Indications and outcomes

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 121-125

  Verdonk, René ^a,b   Almqvist, Karl F ^a   Huysse, Wouter ^a   Verdonk, Peter C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allograft; Indication; Meniscus; MRI; Outcome; Radiology

Indexed keywords

CHONDROPROTECTION; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547873119     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e318140002c     Document Type: Review

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