Posterior root tear of the medial meniscus in multiple knee ligament injuries

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Kim, Young Jae ^a   Kim, Jin Goo ^a   Chang, Seok Hwan ^a   Shim, Jae Chan ^a   Kim, Sang Bum ^a   Lee, Mi Young ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ligament injury; Medial meniscus; Posterior root; Pull out; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955924198     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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