Second-look arthroscopic assessment and clinical results of modified pull-out suture for posterior root tear of the medial meniscus

Knee Surgery and Related Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-113

  Cho, Jin Ho ^a   Song, Jae Gwang ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Knee joint; Medial meniscus; Modified pull out suture; Posterior horn; Root tear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987885857     PISSN: 22340726     EISSN: 22342451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5792/ksrr.2014.26.2.106     Document Type: Article

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