Evaluation of sterilization methods following contamination of hamstring autograft during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 696-701

  Plante, Matthew J ^a   Li, Xinning ^a   Scully, Gail ^a   Brown, Michael A ^a   Busconi, Brian D ^a   DeAngelis, Nicola A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Autograft; Hamstring; Infection; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874022567     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2049-8     Document Type: Article

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