Meniscal Repair Using an All-Inside, Rapidly Absorbing, Tensionable Device

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 779-785

  Billante, Mark J ^a   Diduch, David R ^a   Lunardini, David J ^a   Treme, Gehron P ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a   Hart, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbable; All inside; Meniscal repair; Polydioxanone (PDS); RapidLoc.

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LACERATIONS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; POLYDIOXANONE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749142171     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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