Correlation of healing capacity with vascular response in the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments of the rabbit

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1118-1123

  Bray, Robert C ^a   Leonard, Catherine A ^a   Salo, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Anterior cruciate ligament; Blood flow; Medial collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; SURGERY;

HEMISECTION;

LIGAMENTS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALING; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0142210203     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(03)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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