Surgical management of degenerative meniscus lesions: the 2016 ESSKA meniscus consensus

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 335-346

  Beaufils, Ph ^a   Becker, R ^b   Kopf, S ^c   Englund, M ^d   Verdonk, R ^e   Ollivier, M ^a   Seil, R ^f,g  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b BRANDENBURG MEDICAL SCHOOL THEODOR FONTANE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg   (Germany)

^g LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy; Consensus; Degenerative Lesion; Management; Meniscus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE TUMOR; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EUROPE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85013083613     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-016-4407-4     Document Type: Article

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