Is arthroscopic surgery beneficial in treating non-traumatic, degenerative medial meniscal tears? A five year follow-up

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 358-364

  Herrlin, Sylvia V ^a   Wange, Peter O ^b   Lapidus, Gunilla ^c   Hållander, Maria ^b   Werner, Suzanne ^b   Weidenhielm, Lars ^b,d  

^a Herrlin Invest ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Unilabs   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Exercise; Knee joint; Meniscus; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872669276     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1960-3     Document Type: Article

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