Training models for meniscal repairs and small joint arthroscopy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 649-651

  Kovac, Nikola ^a   Grainger, Nicholas ^a   Hurworth, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal; Arthroscopy; Meniscal repair; Porcine; Training

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODEL; ANIMAL; ARTHROSCOPY; BOVINE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE MENISCUS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PIG; PROCEDURES; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; CATTLE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORTHOPEDICS; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 84940604894     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.13063     Document Type: Article

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