Treatment of meniscal tears: An evidence based approach

World Journal of Orthopedics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-241

  Mordecai, Simon C ^a   Al Hadithy, Nawfal ^a   Ware, Howard E ^a,b   Gupte, Chinmay M ^a,b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic surgery; Meniscal repair; Meniscal tear; Meniscectomy; Meniscus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906096405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22185836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v5.i3.233     Document Type: Article

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