Semitendinosus tendon regeneration after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Can we use it twice?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2475-2481

  Stevanović, Vladan ^a   Blagojević, Zoran ^a   Petković, Agnica ^a   Glišić, Miodrag ^a   Sopta, Jelena ^a   Nikolić, Valentina ^a   Milisavljević, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Gracilis tendon; Re use of Neo tendon ; Semitendinosus tendon regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ARTERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PATELLOFEMORAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REGENERATION; RUPTURE; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890561374     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-2034-y     Document Type: Article

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