Pillared-surface microstructure and soft-tissue implants: Effect of implant site and fixation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-312

  Picha, George J ^a,c   Drake, Roger F ^b  

^a MetroHealth Medical Center   (United States)

^b BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Applied Medical Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROSIS; PILLARLIKE SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACE TEXTURED IMPLANTS; SUTURE FIXATION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACES; TISSUE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; FORCE; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURFACE PROPERTY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARTILAGE; FIBROSIS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUTURES;

EID: 0030111362     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199603)30:3<305::AID-JBM5>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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