Twenty-six years of meniscal allograft transplantation: Is it still experimental? A meta-analysis of 44 trials

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-157

  ElAttar, Mohamed ^a   Dhollander, Aad ^b   Verdonk, R ^b   Almqvist, Karl Fredrik ^b   Verdonk, Peter ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allograft; Meniscal; Meniscus; Meta analysis; Transplant; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751571160     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1351-6     Document Type: Article

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