All-inside repair for a root tear of the medial meniscus using a suture anchor

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1406-1411

  Jung, Yu Hun ^a   Choi, Nam Hong ^b   Oh, Jong Seok ^b   Victoroff, Brian N ^c  

^a Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

all inside repair; medial meniscus; root tear; suture anchor

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861825516     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512439181     Document Type: Article

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