1. Posterior Reattachment of a Radial Tear in the Posterior Root of the Medial Meniscus
- Author
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Kook Hyun Wang, Chang Soo Lee, Jong In Kim, Kyung Wook Nha, and Gautam M. Shetty
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Mattress suture ,Treatment outcome ,ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION ,Knee Injuries ,Menisci, Tibial ,Arthroscopy ,Young Adult ,Fixation (surgical) ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Range of Motion, Articular ,Aged ,Rupture ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Anatomy ,Middle Aged ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Tibial Meniscus Injuries ,Treatment Outcome ,ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,Surgery ,Range of motion ,business ,Medial meniscus ,Posterior root - Abstract
The new posterior vertical mattress suture technique is technically easier to perform and provides more secure fixation than the arthroscopic simple or horizontal stitch techniques and may contribute to restoring function of the medial meniscus.
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- 2011