Effect of Deep Freezing and Freeze-Drying on the Mechanical Properties of Split Canine Patellar Tendons

D. D. Lewis; K. M. Johnston; M. S. Bloomberg; G. J. Miller; P. A. Indelicato; F. Glowczewskie; M. Salzburg

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1633187

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1989; 02(01): 37-39
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633187

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Effect of Deep Freezing and Freeze-Drying on the Mechanical Properties of Split Canine Patellar Tendons

D. D. Lewis

^*From the Department of Surgical Sciences

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K. M. Johnston

^**From the College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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M. S. Bloomberg

^*From the Department of Surgical Sciences

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G. J. Miller

^**From the College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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P. A. Indelicato

^**From the College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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F. Glowczewskie

^**From the College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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M. Salzburg

^*From the Department of Surgical Sciences

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Abstract

Key words

Allograft - Patellar tendon - Lateral cruciate ligament

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