Horizontal suture placement influences meniscal repair fixation strength

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 615-619

  Kocabey, Yavuz ^a   Taser, Omer ^b   Nyland, John ^c   Ince, Haluk ^d   Sahin, Feyzi ^d   Sunbuloglu, Emin ^e   Baysal, Gokhan ^e  

^a Kocaeli Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Fulya Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Ministry of Forensic Medicine   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

All inside technique; Arthroscopy; Biomechanics; In vitro study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874022940     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1995-5     Document Type: Article

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