The safety and short-term efficacy of a novel polyurethane meniscal scaffold for the treatment of segmental medial meniscus deficiency

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1822-1830

  Efe, Turgay ^a   Getgood, Alan ^b   Schofer, Markus D ^a   Fuchs Winkelmann, Susanne ^a   Mann, Dieter ^c   Paletta, Jürgen R J ^a   Heyse, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Sankt Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meniscectomy; Meniscus scaffold; Polyurethane; The painful knee

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYURETHAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHONDROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865512466     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1779-3     Document Type: Article

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