Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 722-727 , July 2009

Meniscal Allograft Size Can Be Predicted by Height, Weight, and Gender

  • Geoffrey S. Van Thiel, M.D., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Nikhil Verma, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Nikhil Verma, M.D., Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, 1725 W. Harrison St., Ste. 1063, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • ,
  • Adam Yanke, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Sanjib Basu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Jack Farr, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Knee Care Institute of OrthoIndy and Medical Director, Cartilage Restoration Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Brian Cole, M.D., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Received 19 June 2008 ,Accepted 8 January 2009.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00037-1

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.01.004

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 722-727 , July 2009

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