Polyester fibre prosthetic anterior cruciate ligament implant rupture: Necrosis of ingrown connective tissue

Histopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-81

  Keen, C E ^a,c   Amis, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Antimony; Foreign body reaction; Microanalysis; Necrosis; Polyester; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; POLYESTER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; LIGAMENT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTIMONY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NECROSIS; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUPTURE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032793161     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1999.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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