The extent of laceration of circumferential fibers with suture repair of the knee meniscus

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-530

  Staerke, Christian ^a   Kopf, Sebastian ^a   Becker, Roland ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b City Hospital Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Human; Knee joint; Menisci; Tensile strength; Tibial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CANNULA; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCAL REPAIR; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SUS SCROFA; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURES;

EID: 41949128004     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0533-2     Document Type: Article

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