Radial tears in the root of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 849-854

  Ozkoc, Gurkan ^a,c   Circi, Esra ^a   Gonc, Ugur ^b   Irgit, Kaan ^b   Pourbagher, Aysin ^a   Tandogan, Reha N ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cankaya Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Medial meniscus; Osteoarthritis; Posterior horn; Radial tear; Root

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849087035     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0569-z     Document Type: Article

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