In vivo optimization of a living dermal substitute employing cultured human fibroblasts on a biodegradable polyglycolic acid or polyglactin mesh

Biomaterials

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 243-248

  Cooper, Matthew L ^a   Hansbrough, John F ^a   Spielvogel, Richard L ^b   Cohen, Ron ^c   Bartel, Ronnda L ^c   Naughton, Gail ^c  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Marrow Tech Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

polyglactin mesh; polyglycolic acid mesh; Skin substitute

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMIS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MOUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN;

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMAN; MICE; MICE, NUDE; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURGICAL MESH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0026092350     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(91)90207-Q     Document Type: Article

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