Meniscal transplant technique without bone blocks

Techniques in Knee Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-169

  Álvarez Diaz, Pedro ^a,b,c   Cusco, Xavier ^a,b,c   Cugat, Ramon ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^b Federacion Espoñola de Futbol ^*  (Spain)

^c Fundacion Garcia Cugat   (Spain)

Author keywords

allograft; arthroscopic surgery; meniscus; postmeniscectomy; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ATHLETE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MENISCECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77957580496     PISSN: 15360636     EISSN: 15381935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTK.0b013e3181ef51e6     Document Type: Review

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