Histology of Coated Carbon Fibres Implanted in the Canine Patellar Ligament

M. S. Bloomberg; G. J. Miller; Maron B. Calderwood Mays; L. Tilmant; P. A. Indelicato

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1633193

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1989; 02(02): 59-66
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633193

Original Article

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Histology of Coated Carbon Fibres Implanted in the Canine Patellar Ligament

Authors

M. S. Bloomberg

^*From the Department of Surgical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, USA.
G. J. Miller

^**From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Maron B. Calderwood Mays

^*From the Department of Surgical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, USA.
L. Tilmant

^*From the Department of Surgical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, USA.
P. A. Indelicato

^**From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

Abstract

Key words

Carbon fibre - Ligament - Tendon - Polydioxanone - Lymph node

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