Posterior reattachment of a radial tear in the posterior root of the medial meniscus

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 276-280

  Nha, Kyung Wook ^a   Wang, Kook Hyun ^a   Shetty, Gautam M ^a   Lee, Chang Soo ^a   Kim, Jong In ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; ARTHROSCOPY; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955007873     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110228-14     Document Type: Article

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