Morphologic and Histologic Comparison Between the Patella and Hamstring Tendons Grafts: A Descriptive and Anatomic Study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 751-756

  Hadjicostas, Panayiotis T ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^b   Paessler, Hans H ^a   Koleganova, Nadezda ^c   Berger, Irina ^c  

^a ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative morphology; Gracilis tendon; Hamstring tendons; Morphometry; Patella tendon; Semitendinosus tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CADAVER; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GRACILIS MUSCLE TENDON; HAMSTRING TENDON; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PATELLA TENDON; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMITENDINOUS TENDON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON; TENDON GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 34447279446     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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