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The purpose of this book is to look into meniscal disorders and their treatment options. However, those who do not look back on history are bound to make the same mistakes… That is the reason why, in this chapter on basic knowledge of the meniscus, the phylogeny and ontogeny are dealt with first.

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Acknowledgment

We wish to thank Dr. S. Dye for managing the preparation of this synthesis.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    R. Verdonk

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  1. Service Chirurgie Orthopedique et, Traumatologique, Hopital Andre Mignot, rue de Versailles, Le Chesnay CX, 78157, France

    Philippe Beaufils

  2. Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Dept.Physical Medicine and, Universiteit Gent, De Pintelaan 185, Gent, 9000, Belgium

    René Verdonk

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Verdonk, R. (2010). Synthesis. In: Beaufils, P., Verdonk, R. (eds) The Meniscus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02450-4_5

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