Freeze-Dried Allografts for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-637

  Mahirogullari, Mahir ^a,b   Ferguson, Cristin M ^b   Whitlock, Patrick W ^b   Stabile, Kathryne J ^b   Poehling, Gary G ^b  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FREEZE DRIED ALLOGRAFT; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34848863939     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2007.06.011     Document Type: Review

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