Meniscal Tears (Meniscectomy, Meniscopexy, Meniscal Transplants/Scaffolds)

Evidence-Based Orthopedics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 803-811

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Campi, Stefano ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

All inside; Arthroscopy; Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meniscectomy; Meniscus; Rehabilitation; Suture; Tear; Transplantation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885786987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444345100.ch94     Document Type: Chapter

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