Sutureless avascular meniscal repair with a photoactive naphthalimide compound: A preliminary animal study

Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 824-830

  Pollo, Fabian E ^a   Jackson, Robert W ^a   Kane, Robert R ^b   Chang, Hui Min ^b   Zhang, Jianxing ^b   Dieterichs, Chad P ^a   Riedel, Stefan ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal naphthalimide; Avascular; Knee; Meniscus; Repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044240240     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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