Comparison of Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair Results Using 3 Different Meniscal Repair Devices in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Patients

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 810-816

  Kalliakmanis, Alkiviadis ^a   Zourntos, Sarantos ^a   Bousgas, Dimitrios ^a   Nikolaou, Pantelis ^a  

^a Medical Centre   (Greece)

Author keywords

All inside meniscal implants; Clinical results; Meniscal repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROMETRY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LACERATIONS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749144436     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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