Influence of bone adaptation on tendon-to-bone healing in bone tunnel after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a rabbit model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1447-1456

  Wen, Chun Yi ^a   Qin, Ling ^a   Lee, Kwong Man ^b   Wong, Margaret Wan Nar ^a   Chan, Kai Ming ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Bone mass; Micro computed tomography (micro CT); Microarchitecture; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; RABBITS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70350223793     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20907     Document Type: Article

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