Chondral injury and synovitis after arthroscopic meniscal repair using an outside-in mulberry knot suture technique

Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Kelly IV, John D ^a   Ebrahimpour, Prouskeh ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondral injury; Meniscus repair; Mulberry knots; Outside in technique; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; EXUDATE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUTURE; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURES; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 85047673837     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.03.022     Document Type: Article

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