Radial tears in the roots of the posterior horns of both the medial and lateral menisci combined with anterior cruciate ligament tear: A case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1340-1343

  Lee, Ju Hong ^a   Hwang, Byung Yun ^b   Lim, Young Jin ^b   Kim, Kyu Hyung ^a   Song, Ji Hun ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b St Carollo General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Meniscus; Posterior horn; Pullout suture; Radial tear; Root

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70350738151     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0839-4     Document Type: Article

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