Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1206-1213 , November 2009

Has Platelet-Rich Plasma Any Role in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Allograft Healing?

  • Juan Ramón Valentí Nin, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clínica Universitaria of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Juan Ramón Valentí Nin, M.D., Ph.D., Departamento de COT, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Avda Pío XII 36, Pamplona CP 31008, Spain
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  • Gonzalo Mora Gasque, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clínica Universitaria of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Andrés Valentí Azcárate, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clínica Universitaria of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Jesús Dámaso Aquerreta Beola, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Clínica Universitaria of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Milagros Hernandez Gonzalez, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Clínica Universitaria of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Received 10 October 2008 ,Accepted 2 June 2009.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00512-X

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.06.002

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1206-1213 , November 2009

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