The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , January 2011

Tibial avulsion fracture of the posterior root of the medial meniscus in a skeletally-immature child — A case report

  • Matthew J. Matava

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Young-Mo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 640 Daesa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-721, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 42 280 7352; fax: +82 42 252 7098.

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 13 January 2010.

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PII: S0968-0160(10)00008-6

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.01.007

The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , January 2011

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