Tissue Processing: Role of Secondary Sterilization Techniques

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-201

  Azar, Frederick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Musculoskeletal; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ASEPSIS; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DONOR SELECTION; FASCIA LATA; FREEZE DRYING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MUSCLE GRAFT; REVIEW; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ULTRASOUND;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STERILIZATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 62549104857     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.10.003     Document Type: Review

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