Quantifying the differential functional behavior between the medial and lateral meniscus after posterior meniscus root tears.

Meniscus tears of the knee are among the most common orthopedic knee injury. Specifically, tears of the posterior root can result in abnormal meniscal extrusion leading to decreased function and progressive osteoarthritis. Despite contemporary surgical treatments of posterior meniscus root tears, th...

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Main Authors: Brian E Walczak, Kyle Miller, Michael A Behun, Lisa Sienkiewicz, Heather Hartwig Stokes, Ron McCabe, Geoffrey S Baer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259678