Fresh-Frozen Allograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 607-623

  Busam, Matthew L ^a   Rue, John Paul H ^b   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^c  

^a Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; FRACTURE FIXATION; FREEZE FROZEN ALLOGRAFT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34848875707     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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