ACL prosthesis: Any promise for the future?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-804

  Bernardino, Saccomanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomaterials; Prosthetics; Synthetic grafts; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; PROSTHESIS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77952545555     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0982-y     Document Type: Article

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