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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

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01-02-2011 | Editorial

The meniscus: past, present and future

Author: René Verdonk

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 2/2011

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Nothing has changed so much in knee treatment and surgery as the meniscal treatment algorithms which have shifted from simple resection to preservation of as much meniscal tissue as possible. …

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Title: The meniscus: past, present and future
Author: René Verdonk
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-010-1333-8

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