A radiographic and histologic evaluation of the patellar tendon after harvesting its central third

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 218-226

  Kartus, Jüri ^a   Movin, Tomas ^b   Papadogiannakis, Nikos ^b   Christensen, Lars Rostgård ^a   Lindahl, Sven ^a   Karlsson, Jon ^c  

^a UDDEVALLA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON GRAFT; THICKNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0034104617     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465000280021301     Document Type: Article

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