Meniscal Allograft Size Can Be Predicted by Height, Weight, and Gender

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 722-727

  Van Thiel, Geoffrey S ^a   Verma, Nikhil ^a   Yanke, Adam ^a   Basu, Sanjib ^b   Farr, Jack ^c   Cole, Brian ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cartilage Restoration Center of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Meniscus; Size; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DONOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 67649214127     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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