Allograft meniscus transplantation

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-114

  Lee, Andrew S ^a   Kang, Richard W ^a   Kroin, Ellen ^a   Verma, Nikhil N ^a   Cole, Brian J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

meniscal allografts; meniscus; meniscus transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; APOPTOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CARTILAGE CELL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MENISCECTOMY; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84862067552     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e318246f005     Document Type: Review

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