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Meniscus sutures for old tears - Report on over 100 cases

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The widely recognized fact that arthrosis and accompanying instability are common consequences of meniscectomy, particularly when the entire meniscus is removed, has led us to apply conservative, reconstructive meniscus surgery, i. e., reinsertion in the case of isolated lesions.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of Zurich, CH-8008, Zurich 8, Switzerland

    M. Rodriguez & A. Schreiber

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  1. Institute of Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP, UK

    E. L. Trickey FRCS

  2. Rudolph-Virchow-Krankenhaus, Augustenburger Platz 1, 1000, Berlin, Germany

    Peter Hertel

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Rodriguez, M., Schreiber, A. (1986). Meniscus sutures for old tears - Report on over 100 cases. In: Trickey, E.L., Hertel, P. (eds) Surgery and Arthroscopy of the Knee. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71022-3_39

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