Is the increase in type III collagen of the patellar tendon graft after ligament reconstruction really caused by "ligamentization" of the graft?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1270-1277

  Tohyama, Harukazu ^a   Yasuda, Kazunori ^a   Uchida, Hisaya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibroblast; Ligament reconstruction; Patellar tendon; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COLLAGEN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NECROSIS; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33751282369     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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