Comparative and morphological analysis of commonly used autografts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the native ACL: An electron, microscopic and morphologic study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1099-1107

  Hadjicostas, Panayiotis T ^a,d   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^b   Koleganova, Nadezda ^c   Krohmer, Gerhard ^c   Berger, Irina ^c  

^a Schwarzwald Baar Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Cadaveric study; Comparative morphology; Morphometry; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749158018     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0603-1     Document Type: Article

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