The biomechanical effect of a lateral meniscus posterior root tear with and without damage to the meniscofemoral ligament: Efficacy of different repair techniques

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 833-840

  Forkel, Philipp ^a   Herbort, Mirco ^b   Sprenker, Frederike ^a   Metzlaff, Sebastian ^a   Raschke, Michael ^b   Petersen, Wolf ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCOFEMORAL LIGAMENT; NORMAL VALUE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SUTURES; TENOTOMY; TIBIA;

EID: 84903275935     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2014.02.040     Document Type: Article

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