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- Title
Pull-out suture in posterior root avulsion fracture of the medial meniscus: 2 cases.
- Authors
Cho, Jin-Ho; Kim, Jung-Hoon
- Abstract
The article describes two cases of the pull-out suture in posterior root avulsion fracture of the medial meniscus. The first case involves a 28-year-old male patient who slipped and fell on stairs that led to a knee injury. The second case centers on a 17-year-old male patient who injured his right knee in a pedestrian traffic accident. The biomechanical roles of the meniscus of the knee are also discussed.
- Subjects
CASE studies; SUTURES; KNEE injuries; MENISCUS (Anatomy); TRAFFIC accidents
- Publication
Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 1, p98
- ISSN
0949-2658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00776-011-0078-7