Importance of independent measurement of width and length of lateral meniscus during preoperative sizing for meniscal allograft transplantation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1541-1547

  Yoon, Jung Ro ^a   Kim, Taik Sun ^a   Wang, Joon Ho ^b   Yun, Ho Hyun ^a   Lim, Hyungtae ^a   Yang, Jae Hyuk ^a  

^a Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

body mass index; gender; height; length; meniscal allograft transplantation; meniscus; size; weight; width

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960109534     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511400712     Document Type: Article

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