Histologic and Biomechanical Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft to Bone Healing in Skeletally Immature Sheep

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1221-1231

  Meller, Rupert ^a   Willbold, Elmar ^a   Hesse, Eric ^a   Dreymann, Beatrix ^a   Fehr, Michael ^b   Haasper, Carl ^a   Hurschler, Christof ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Witte, Frank ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Growth; In situ hybridization; Sheep model; Skeletally immature; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT GRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE HEALING; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; KNEE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TENDON GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMUR; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, ANIMAL; PATELLA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SHEEP; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 54149088626     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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