Displaced avulsion fracture of medial meniscus posterior horn through the intercondylar notch in the patient without combined ligamentous injuries

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-167

  Lee, Choon Key ^a   Cho, Hyung Lae ^b   Park, Jong Won ^b   Ku, Jung Hoei ^b  

^a Himchan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Good Samsun Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Avulsion fracture; Knee; Medial meniscus posterior horn; Pullout suture

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751585390     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1060-1     Document Type: Article

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