Biomechanical characteristics of an implant used to secure semitendinosus-gracilis tendon grafts in a canine model of extra-articular anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 599-604

  Lopez, Mandi J ^b,c   Spencer, Nakia ^a   Casey, John P ^a   Monroe, William Todd ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REFERENCE VALUE; TENDON; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS;

EID: 34547651403     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2007.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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