Tunnel widening after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An experimental study in sheep

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1609-1617

  Neddermann, Alexandra ^a,b   Willbold, Elmar ^a   Witte, Frank ^a   Hurschler, Christof ^a   Hankemeier, Stefan ^a   Stübig, Timo ^a   Hesse, Eric ^c   Fehr, Michael ^b   Krettek, Christian ^a   Meller, Rupert ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Biomechanics; Histology; Knee; Sheep; Tunnel enlargement; Tunnel widening

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE GRAFT; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SHEEP;

EID: 70449704942     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509332251     Document Type: Article

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