Early failure in an artificial anterior cruciate ligament scaffold

Knee

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Mowbray, M A S ^a   McLeod, A R M ^b   Barry, M ^a,c   Cooke, W D ^b   O'Brien, T K ^c  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early prosthetic ligament failure; Impingement; Scanning electron microscopy (S.E.M.)

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; LIGAMENT PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031105469     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(96)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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