Anterior cruciate ligament allograft surgery: Underreporting of graft source, graft processing, and donor age

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 649-655

  Sikka, Robby S ^a   Narvy, Steven J ^b   Vangsness Jr , C Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age; allograft; anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); tissue preservation; tissue processing

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DONOR; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79952711011     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510382222     Document Type: Review

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