Use of a bioscaffold to improve healing of a patellar tendon defect after graft harvest for ACL reconstruction: A study in rabbits

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-263

  Karaoglu, Sinan ^a,b   Fisher, Matthew B ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a   Fu, Yin Chih ^a   Liang, Rui ^a   Abramowitch, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Donor site morbidity; Functional tissue engineering; Patellar tendon; Small intestinal submucosa (SIS) biomechanics

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LASER; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE SUBMUCOSA; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; SUBMUCOSA; TENDON LESION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SWINE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SWINE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38849151739     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20471     Document Type: Article

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