Meniscal allograft transplantation without bone plugs: A 3-year minimum follow-up study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-403

  Marcacci, Maurilio ^a   Zaffagnini, Stefano ^a   Marcheggiani Muccioli, Giulio Maria ^a   Grassi, Alberto ^a   Bonanzinga, Tommaso ^a   Nitri, Marco ^a   Bondi, Alice ^a   Molinari, Massimo ^a   Rimondi, Eugenio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

arthroscopy; knee; meniscal allograft transplantation; single tibial tunnel; without bone plugs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856710130     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511424688     Document Type: Article

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