Tibial avulsion fracture of the posterior root of the medial meniscus in children

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-111

  Iversen, Jonas Vestergård ^a,b   Krogsgaard, Michael Rindom ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Avulsion fracture of meniscus; Children; Medial meniscus; Posterior root; Root avulsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SUTURE; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SUTURES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84891661052     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2295-9     Document Type: Review

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