FasT-fix versus inside-out suture meniscal repair in the goat model

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-333

  Hospodar, Maj Steven J ^a,c   Schmitz, Capt Matthew R ^a   Golish, S Raymond ^b   Ruder, Lt Col Craig R ^a   Miller, Mark D ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Barksdale Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

All inside; Animal study; FasT Fix; Meniscal fixation techniques; Meniscus; Repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOPSY; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMUR; GOAT; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MENISCAL REPAIR; MICROSCOPY; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; TIBIA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GOATS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOTOMY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 64749095982     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508325667     Document Type: Article

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