What Do We Really Know About Allografts?

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Amendola, Annunziato ^a   Stolley, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allografts; Ligament; Meniscal; Osteochondral; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOGRAFT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SITE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KNEE MENISCUS; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPORTS MEDICINE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 62549123353     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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