Hamstring tendon harvesting - Effect of harvester on tendon characteristics and soft tissue disruption; cadaver study

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-186

  Charalambous, C P ^a   Alvi, F ^a   Phaltankar, P ^a   Gagey, O ^b  

^a Knee Reconstruction Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Hamstring; Harvester; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON HARVESTER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 67349177035     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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