Meniscal allograft transplantation without bone blocks: A 5- to 8-year follow-up of 33 patients

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gonzlez Lucena, Gemma ^a   Gelber, Pablo Eduardo ^a   Pelfort, Xavier ^b,c   Tey, Marc ^c   Monllau, Juan Carlos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 78649649689     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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