Bioresorbable scaffolds for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Do we need an off-the-shelf ACL substitute?

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-42

  Richmond, John C ^a   Weitzel, Paul P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACL; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Ligament; Scaffold; Silk

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON FIBER; POLITEF; POLYESTER; PROPLAST; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFT; DEVICE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SILK; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77149148132     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3181cdb493     Document Type: Review

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