Grafted Tendon Healing in Tibial Tunnel Is Inferior to Healing in Femoral Tunnel After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Histomorphometric Study in Rabbits

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-66

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

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR TUNNEL; FIBROCARTILAGE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RABBIT; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; TIBIA TUNNEL; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 72649086598     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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