Bony incorporation of soft tissue anterior cruciate ligament grafts in an animal model: Autograft versus allograft with low-dose gamma irradiation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1789-1798

  Bhatia, Sanjeev ^a   Bell, Rebecca ^a   Frank, Rachel M ^a   Rodeo, Scott A ^b   Bach, Bernard R ^a   Cole, Brian J ^a   Chubinskaya, Susanna ^a   Wang, Vincent M ^a   Verma, Nikhil N ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; ACL reconstruction; anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); autograft; bony incorporation; gamma irradiation; hamstring grafts; low dose; soft tissue healing; tendon to bone healing

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE REGENERATION; GAMMA RADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSSEOINTEGRATION; RABBITS; STERILIZATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864659884     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511435637     Document Type: Article

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