Future of Allografts in Sports Medicine

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-340

  Harner, Christopher D ^a   Lo, Marvin Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Group of San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Allograft; Knee; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; DISINFECTION; FREEZE DRYING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; SPORTS MEDICINE; STERILIZATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 62549105305     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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