Intra-Articular Cytokine Levels in Adolescent Patients after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

• Main Authors: Marco Bigoni (Author), Marco Turati (Author), Giovanni Zatti (Author), Marta Gandolla (Author), Paola Sacerdote (Author), Massimiliano Piatti (Author), Alberto Castelnuovo (Author), Luca Rigamonti (Author), Daniele Munegato (Author), Silvia Franchi (Author), Nicola Portinaro (Author), Alessandra Pedrocchi (Author), Robert J. Omeljaniuk (Author), Vittorio Locatelli (Author), Antonio Torsello (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in children and adolescents is challenging. Preclinical and clinical studies investigated ACL repairing techniques in skeletally immature subjects. However, intra-articular bioenvironment following ACL tear has not yet been defined in skelet...