Double transosseous pull out suture technique for transection of posterior horn of medial meniscus

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-392

  Ahn, Jin Hwan ^a   Wang, Joon Ho ^b   Lim, Hong Chul ^b   Bae, Ji Hoon ^b   Park, Joon Soo ^b   Yoo, Jae Chul ^a   Shyam, Ashok Kumar ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Meniscus; Posterior trans septal portal; Pull out suture; Repair; Transection

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND HEALING;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 60449104990     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0639-1     Document Type: Article

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