Indications for Meniscus Repair

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Maak, Travis G ^a   Fabricant, Peter D ^a   Wickiewicz, Thomas L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee injury; Meniscal repair; Meniscal tear; Meniscectomy; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCECTOMY; NERVE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RUPTURE;

EID: 81855192696     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2011.08.012     Document Type: Review

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