Freeze-dried flexor tendons in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Flexor tendons were harvested from donor dogs, freeze-dried, and reimplanted into six mongrel dogs that were made surgically anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficient. After one month of immobilization the dogs were allowed to run free for eight months. At this time all ACL substitutes were found t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical orthopaedics and related research 1983-12, Vol.181 (181), p.238-243
Hauptverfasser:	WEBSTER, D. A, WERNER, F. W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Dogs Freeze Drying Hindlimb Ligaments, Articular - surgery Medical sciences Orthopedic surgery Stress, Mechanical Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Tendons - transplantation Transplantation, Homologous
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Zusammenfassung:	Flexor tendons were harvested from donor dogs, freeze-dried, and reimplanted into six mongrel dogs that were made surgically anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficient. After one month of immobilization the dogs were allowed to run free for eight months. At this time all ACL substitutes were found to be intact and repopulated by host cells. Mechanical testing showed the freeze-dried allograft ACL to be significantly weaker than the normal control ligament but similar in strength to implanted tendon autograft ligament substitutes.
ISSN:	0009-921X 1528-1132
DOI:	10.1097/00003086-198312000-00037