Medial meniscus anatomy—from basic science to treatment

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-14

  Śmigielski, Robert ^a   Becker, Roland ^b   Zdanowicz, Urszula ^a   Ciszek, Bogdan ^c  

^a Carolina Medical Center   (Poland)

^b City Hospital Brandenburg   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Attachment; Medial meniscus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MICROSCOPY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MICROSCOPY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT;

EID: 84925482227     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-014-3476-5     Document Type: Article

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