Histological Evaluation of Tendon-Bone Healing of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Hamstring Graft in a 14-Year-Old Boy

Am J Sports Med. 2015 Aug;43(8):1935-40. doi: 10.1177/0363546515584040. Epub 2015 May 12.

Authors

Alexander L Lazarides¹, William C Eward², Kimberly Green³, Diana M Cardona³, Brian E Brigman², Dean C Taylor⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA [email protected].

PMID: 25968884
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515584040

No abstract available

Keywords: ACL healing; ACL reconstruction; ACL tear; autograft hamstring; biology of bone; biology of tendon; microscopic pathology.