Inferior tendon graft to bone tunnel healing at the tibia compared to that at the femur after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-401

  Lui, Pauline Po Yee ^a,b,c   Ho, Grace ^a,b   Shum, Wai Ting ^a,b   Lee, Yuk Wa ^a,b   Ho, Po Yan ^a,b   Lo, Wing Nin ^a,b   Lo, Chun Kwong ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FIBROGENESIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA SHAFT; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; TIBIA; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE DENSITY; BONE REGENERATION; BONE RESORPTION; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFTING; FEMALE; FEMUR; RABBITS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77956435909     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-010-1460-6     Document Type: Article

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