The influence of locally applied platelet-derived growth factor-BB on free tendon graft remodeling after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 881-891

  Weiler, Andreas ^a   Förster, Cornelius ^b   Hunt, Patrick ^a   Falk, Roman ^a   Jung, Tobias ^a   Unterhauser, Frank N ^a   Bergmann, Volker ^c   Schmidmaier, Gerhard ^a   Haas, Norbert P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Growth factors; Remodeling; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 2442677986     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503261711     Document Type: Article

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