Current trends in the use of tendon allografts in orthopaedic surgery.

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  • A Robertson
  • R W Nutton
  • J F Keating
چکیده

©2006 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.88B8. 17555 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2006;88-B:988-92. Tendon allografts play an important role in tendon and ligament reconstruction, particularly where there is a shortage of suitable available local tissue. Although currently used predominantly for ligament reconstruction around the knee, 1-8 they have occasional indications in the upper limb and elsewhere. 9-15

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume

دوره 88 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006