Effects of gaps induced into the ACL tendon graft on tendon-bone healing in a rodent ACL reconstruction model

Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 91-99

  Lovric, Vedran ^a   Kanazawa, Tomonoshin ^a   Nakamura, Yoshinari ^a   Oliver, Rema A ^a   Yu, Yan ^a   Walsh, William Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Graft cells; Graft necrosis; Host cells; Rodent model; Tendon bone healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860876184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22404554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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