Suturing Complete Radial Tears of the Lateral Meniscus

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1249.e1-1249.e7

  Yoo, Jae Chul ^a   Ahn, Jin Hwan ^a   Lee, Seok Hyun ^b   Lee, Sang Hak ^a   Kim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

All inside suture; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Lateral meniscus posterior horn tears; Radial tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REHABILITATION CARE; SPORT INJURY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35649013685     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.07.056     Document Type: Article

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