A prospective outcomes study of meniscal allograft transplantation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1804-1812

  LaPrade, Robert F ^a   Wills, Nicholas J ^b   Spiridonov, Stanislav I ^b   Perkinson, Scott ^b  

^a STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Lateral meniscus; Medial meniscus; Meniscal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957768644     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510368133     Document Type: Article

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