Arthroscopic all-inside suture repair of medial meniscus lesion in anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knees: Results of second-look arthroscopies in 39 cases

Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 936-945

  Ahn, Jin Hwan ^a  

^a Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

All inside sutures; Arthroscopic meniscal repair; Knee medial meniscus posterior hom tear; Posteromedial portals

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544233107     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.06.038     Document Type: Article

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