Arthroscopic inside-out repair of complete radial tears of the meniscus with a fibrin clot

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2126-2130

  Ra, Ho Jong ^a   Ha, Jeong Ku ^a   Jang, Suk Hwan ^a   Lee, Dhong Won ^a   Kim, Jin Goo ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complete radial tear; Fibrin clot; Meniscus repair; Meniscus tear

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84883051456     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2191-3     Document Type: Article

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