Overview of procurement, processing, and sterilization of soft tissue allografts for sports medicine

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 106-113

  Suarez, Luis Sierra ^a   Richmond, John C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Aseptic; Autograft; Donor; Recipient; Tissue bank

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPORTS MEDICINE; STERILIZATION; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34547907390     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3180dca1fe     Document Type: Review

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