Healing potential of meniscal tears without repair in knees with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1953-1961

  Yagishita, Kazuyoshi ^a   Muneta, Takeshi ^a   Ogiuchi, Takashi ^a   Sekiya, Ichiro ^a   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Healing potential; Meniscal tear; Without repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 9244252564     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504263702     Document Type: Article

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