Meniscal allograft transplantation: A review of the current literature

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-365

  Crook, T B ^a   Ardolino, A ^a   Williams, L A P ^a   Barlow, I W ^b  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature review; Meniscal allograft transplantation; Meniscectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70149123905     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X428559     Document Type: Review

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