Anatomic and arthroscopic study of the medial meniscal horns' insertions

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 754-759

  Kale, Aysin ^a   Kopuz, Cem ^b   Dikici, Fatih ^a   Demir, Mehmet Tevfik ^b   Çorumlu, Ufuk ^c   Ince, Yener ^d  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c 112 Emergency Service   (Turkey)

^d Istanbul Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Insertion; Medial meniscus; Newborn; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952550744     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0907-9     Document Type: Article

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