Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with synthetic grafts. A review of literature

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-471

  Legnani, Claudio ^a   Ventura, Alberto ^b   Terzaghi, Clara ^b   Borgo, Enrico ^b   Albisetti, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GAETANO PINI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; DACRON; POLITEF; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CROSS INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANTATION; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LIGAMENT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYNOVITIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77950918494     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-0963-2     Document Type: Review

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