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A New Artificial ACL Anchor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

F. A. Young  and
Y. H. An
F. A. Young
Affiliation:
Departments of Materials Science and Orthopaedic SurgeryMedical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SC 29425
Y. H. An
Affiliation:
Departments of Materials Science and Orthopaedic SurgeryMedical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SC 29425
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Abstract

An artificial ligament anchor has been designed and tested in goats. The anchor may allow direct bone anchorage of artificial anterior cruciate ligaments.

Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 394: Symposium Z – Polymers in Medicine and Pharmacy , 1995 , 31
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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