Nonirradiated versus irradiated achilles allograft: In vivo failure comparison

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1653-1658

  Rappé, Matthew ^a   Horodyski, Marybeth ^a   Meister, Keith ^a   Indelicato, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34748902994     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507302926     Document Type: Article

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