Relationship between hypovascular zones and patterns of ruptures of the quadriceps tendon

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2135-2141

  Yepes, Horacio ^a   Tang, Maolin ^b   Morris, Steven F ^c   Stanish, William D ^c  

^a Fenwick Medical Centre   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; LEAD OXIDE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON RUPTURE; VASCULAR RING; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 53549087539     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01200     Document Type: Article

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