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FREE BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-11-02
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Orthopedic Surgery
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- free bone-patellar tendon-bone graft
1, record 1, English, free%20bone%2Dpatellar%20tendon%2Dbone%20graft
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- free bone-patellar tendon-bone transplant 2, record 1, English, free%20bone%2Dpatellar%20tendon%2Dbone%20transplant
see observation
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Twenty one patients having a chronic anterior instability sustained a modified Marshall-Mac Intosh procedure, while 15 having a subacute torn ACL had an ACL reconstruction using a free bone-patellar tendon-bone graft. 3, record 1, English, - free%20bone%2Dpatellar%20tendon%2Dbone%20graft
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
free graft. A graft transplanted without its normal attachments, or a pedicle, from one site to another. 4, record 1, English, - free%20bone%2Dpatellar%20tendon%2Dbone%20graft
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
In the past, graft was used to refer to the transfer of skin while transplant was used to refer to the transfer of an organ; today these terms are often used as synonyms. 2, record 1, English, - free%20bone%2Dpatellar%20tendon%2Dbone%20graft
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Chirurgie orthopédique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- greffe libre os-tendon rotulien-os
1, record 1, French, greffe%20libre%20os%2Dtendon%20rotulien%2Dos
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- transplant libre os-tendon rotulien-os 2, record 1, French, transplant%20libre%20os%2Dtendon%20rotulien%2Dos
see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
greffe libre os-tendon rotulien-os. Terme proposé par inférence aux termes «greffe os-tendon rotulien-os» et «greffe libre». 1, record 1, French, - greffe%20libre%20os%2Dtendon%20rotulien%2Dos
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Il y a quelques années, le terme greffe désignait le transfert d'un tissu (greffe de la peau) tandis que transplant était utilisé pour désigner le transfert d'un organe (transplant de rein); ces termes sont peu à peu devenus synonymes et aujourd'hui on dit couramment greffe du rein. 1, record 1, French, - greffe%20libre%20os%2Dtendon%20rotulien%2Dos
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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