Clinical Outcomes of Allograft Versus Autograft in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 661-681

  Baer, Geoffrey S ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SITE; FASCIA LATA; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KNEE INSTABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34848856362     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2007.06.010     Document Type: Review

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