Patellar tendinopathy: Histopathological examination and follow-up of surgical treatment

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Pecina, M ^a   Bojanic, I ^a   Ivkovic, A ^a   Brcic, L ^a   Smoljanovic, T ^a   Seiwerth, S ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Knee; Patellar tendon; Tendinitis; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; EOSIN; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; APICOTOMY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE RESECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATELLA TENDON; POLARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956310456     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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