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Meniscal Injuries: Management and Outcome

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Meniscal injuries are one of the most common injuries in orthopaedics. Currently, there is a great knowledge about the different type of injuries, as well as a more comprehensive treatment strategy. In this chapter, the most commonly performed treatments for meniscal pathologies are described.

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  1. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Organization/University: University College Hospital London, London, UK

    S. Konan

  2. Trauma and Orthopaedics, Organization/University: University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK

    M. McNicholas

  3. Orthopaedic Surgery, Antwerp Orthopaedic Center, Monica Hospitals, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

    P. Verdonk

  4. Trauma and Orthopaedics, Organization/University: University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK

    T. Spalding

  5. Trauma and Orthopaedics, Organization/University: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

    A. Price

  6. Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK

    T. Holland

  7. Trauma and Orthopaedics, University College Hospital London, London, UK

    A. Volpin

  8. Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Cornwall Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

    I. Pengas

  9. Orthopaedics Surgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

    P. E. Gelber

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Konan, S. et al. (2018). Meniscal Injuries: Management and Outcome. In: Kerkhoffs, G.M.M.J., Haddad, F., Hirschmann, M.T., Karlsson, J., Seil, R. (eds) ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56127-0_3

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