Primary ACL Reconstruction Using Allograft Tissue

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-244

  Clark, J C ^a   Rueff, Daniel E ^a   Indelicato, Peter A ^b   Moser, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon allograft technique; Allograft biology; Allograft clinical results; Allograft processing; Tibialis anterior allograft technique

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SITE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 62549096332     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.10.005     Document Type: Review

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