Reconstruction of chronic patellar tendon tear with allograft in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1116-1118

  Iacono, Venanzio ^a   Cigala, Fabrizio ^a   Fazioli, Flavio ^a   Rosa, Donato ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allograft; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Patellar tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATELLA LIGAMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUPTURE;

BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954761997     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-1022-7     Document Type: Article

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