The biomechanical effects of 1.0 to 1.2 Mrad of gamma irradiation on human bone-patellar tendon-bone allografts

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 835-840

  Yanke, Adam B ^a   Bell, Rebecca ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a   Kang, Richard W ^b   Mather, Richard C ^c   Shewman, Elizabeth F ^a   Wang, Vincent M ^a   Bach, Bernard R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; allograft irradiation; anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; biomechanical properties; bone patellar tendon bone allograft; morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT BEARING; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFTING; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84875830756     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512473816     Document Type: Article

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