Width is a more important predictor in graft extrusion than length using plain radiographic sizing in lateral meniscal transplantation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Lee, Bum Sik ^a   Chung, Jong Won ^b   Kim, Jong Min ^c   Kim, Kyung Ah ^d   Bin, Seong Il ^c  

^a Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Meniscal allograft transplantation; Meniscus; MRI; Size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84855204416     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1712-9     Document Type: Article

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