Fixation of osteochondral fragments in the human knee using Meniscus Arrows®

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Wouters, Diederick B ^a,b   Burgerhof, Johannes G M ^b   de Hosson, Jeff T M ^c   Bos, Rudolf R M ^b  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Fixation devices; Osteochondral fragments; Osteochondritis dissecans

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751591496     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1158-5     Document Type: Article

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