Revascularization process of the bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft evaluated by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging 6 and 12 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1478-1486

  Ntoulia, Aikaterini ^a   Papadopoulou, Frederica ^a   Ristanis, Stavros ^b   Argyropoulou, Maria ^a   Georgoulis, Anastasios D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; BPTB; contrast enhanced MRI; enhancement index; graft revascularization

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960124692     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511398039     Document Type: Article

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