Time of remodelling of the patella tendon graft in anterior cruciate ligament surgery: An histological and immunohistochemical study in a rabbit model

Knee

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-19

  Espregueira Mendes, ^a,b   Lopes, J M ^a   Castro, C ^a   Oliveira, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Immunohistochemistry; Patella tendon graft; Remodelling; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031982692     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(97)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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