Posterior root tear of the medial and lateral meniscus

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-255

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Forkel, Philipp ^a   Feucht, Matthias J ^b   Zantop, Thore ^c   Imhoff, Andreas B ^b   Brucker, Peter U ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Sporthopaedicum Straubing   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meniscectomy; Meniscus avulsion; Meniscus extrusion; Osteoarthritis; Pull out repair; Root tear; Suture anchor repair

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CASE STUDY; CHONDROPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LATERAL MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MEDIAL KNEE MENISCUS; MENISCAL EXTRUSION; MENISCECTOMY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SUTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIBIA; TRANSTIBIAL PULL OUT SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS DEFORMITY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SECOND-LOOK SURGERY; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84895792329     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-013-1873-8     Document Type: Article

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