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Surgical Retrieval, Isolation and In vitro Expansion of Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament-derived Cells for Tissue Engineering Applications
Published on: April 30, 2014
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Autograft or allograft?
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Clinics in Sports Medicine
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Refinements in arthroscopic techniques have fostered an upsurge in arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. This article explores the relative merits of autogenous and allogeneic tissue used for this purpose and describes several important technical points in the author's preferred method of surgery.
