Graft-dependent differences in the ligamentization process of anterior cruciate ligament grafts in a sheep trial

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 947-956

  Mayr, Hermann O ^a   Stoehr, Amelie ^b   Dietrich, Markwart ^c   von Eisenhart Rothe, Rüdiger ^d   Hube, Robert ^b   Senger, Senta ^a   Suedkamp, Norbert P ^a   Bernstein, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b OCM Clinic for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL replacement; BTB graft; Graft properties; Load to failure; Sheep trial; Synovialized graft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; PATELLA LIGAMENT; SHEEP; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; KNEE JOINT; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; SHEEP; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 84860193819     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1678-7     Document Type: Article

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