The Relation Between Tunnel Widening and Bone Mineral Density After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: An Experimental Study in Sheep

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-487

  Meller, Rupert ^a   Neddermann, Alexandra ^a   Willbold, Elmar ^a   Hesse, Eric ^a   Haasper, Carl ^a   Singh, Anshu ^b   Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Hankemeier, Stefan ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Harvard Shoulder Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMORAL TUNNEL ENLARGEMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHEEP; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMUR; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SHEEP;

EID: 77950046781     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.08.025     Document Type: Article

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