Avulsion of the anterior medial meniscus root: case report and surgical technique

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 146-151

  Feucht, Matthias J ^a   Minzlaff, Philipp ^a   Saier, Tim ^a   Lenich, Andreas ^a   Imhoff, Andreas B ^a   Hinterwimmer, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knotless suture anchor; Meniscal repair; Meniscus; Meniscus avulsion; Meniscus detachment; Root tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; SUTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 84874377189     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2462-7     Document Type: Article

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