Twenty-year results of combined meniscal allograft transplantation, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and advancement of the medial collateral ligament

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1072-1082

  Von Lewinski, Gabriela ^a   Milachowski, Klaus A ^b   Weismeier, Karl ^c   Kohn, Dieter ^d   Wirth, Carl Joachim ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Orthopaedic Clinic   (Germany)

^c Private Orthopaedic Clinic   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allograft; Case series; Long term results; Meniscectomy; Meniscus; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548408687     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0362-4     Document Type: Article

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