The adverse effects of sectioning the posterior cruciate ligament in rabbits: Changes in the structural and morphological properties of the femur-anterior cruciate ligament-tibia complex

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Murao, T ^a   Ochi, M ^b   Jitsuiki, J ^b   Ikuta, Y ^b  

^a Saiseikai Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COLLAGEN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RABBITS; RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0031059936     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434090     Document Type: Article

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