Histological and biomechanical studies of inter-strand healing in four-strand autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a rabbit model

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 770-777

  Xu, Yan ^a   Ao, Ying Fang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanical; Braid; Hamstring tendon; Histological; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODEL; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TENDON; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RABBITS; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67650787376     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0764-6     Document Type: Article

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