Arthroscopic or conservative treatment of degenerative medial meniscal tears: a prospective randomised trial

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

• Publication date

  2007-01-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s00167-006-0243-2PMID 17216272
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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