A histological and ultrastructural evaluation of the patellar tendon 10 years after reharvesting its central third

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 781-788

  Lidén, Mattias ^a   Movin, Tomas ^b   Ejerhed, Lars ^c,d   Papadogiannakis, Nikos ^b   Blomén, Eva ^b   Hultenby, Kjell ^b   Kartus, Jüri ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Norra Alvsborg County Hospital Uddevalla   (Sweden)

^d Fyrbodal Research Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Histology; Patellar tendon; Reharvest; Surgery; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 41149105411     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507311092     Document Type: Article

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