Clinical evaluation of arthroscopic-assisted allograft meniscal transplantation

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Chang, Haw Chong ^a,c   The, Kai Lin ^b   Leong, Kah Lai ^b   Mak, Su Lian ^b   Karim, Sarina Abdul ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Meniscus allograft; Outcome; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANALGESIA; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 46649108972     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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