Biological fixation of the graft within bone after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in rabbits: Effects of the duration of postoperative immobilization

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-51

  Sakai, Hiroya ^a,b   Fukui, Naoshi ^a   Kawakami, Akira ^a   Kurosawa, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biological fixation; Graft bone tunnel interface; Immobilization

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034053020     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760050007     Document Type: Article

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