Time for a paradigm change in meniscal repair: save the meniscus!

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1421-1423

  Seil, Romain ^a,b   Becker, Roland ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^c BRANDENBURG MEDICAL SCHOOL THEODOR FONTANE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL MENISCUS INJURIES;

EID: 84964222386     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-016-4127-9     Document Type: Editorial

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