Short-and mid-term results of plica excision in patients with mediopatellar plica and associated cartilage degeneration

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1526-1531

  Guney, Ahmet ^a,d   Bilal, Okkes ^b   Oner, Mithat ^a   Halici, Mehmet ^a   Turk, Yildirim ^a   Tuncel, Mehmet ^c  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b Kahramanmaras State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Çocuk Sa li i ve Hastaliklari Klini i   (Turkey)

^d Tepebaglar Cad Bahcelievler Mah Gulizar Konak   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cartilage degeneration; Mediopatellar plica; Surgical excision; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHONDROPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649963995     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1125-1     Document Type: Article

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