Meniscus Tears: Diagnosis, Repair Techniques, and Clinical Outcomes

Noyes' Knee Disorders: Surgery, Rehabilitation, Clinical Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 733-771

  Noyes, Frank R ^a,b,c,d   Barber Westin, Sue D ^a  

^a Cincinnati SportsMedicine Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Cincinnati   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5474-0.00028-X     Document Type: Chapter

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