Long-term in vivo degradation and bone reaction to various polylactides. 1. One-year results

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-266

  Mainil Varlet, P ^a   Rahn, B ^a   Gogolewski, S ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone reaction; Crystallinity; Degradation; Implants; Molecular weight; Polylactides

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SORPTION;

BONE REACTION; POLYLACTIDES; RESORPTION;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TIBIA; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BONE NAILS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; FEMALE; POLYESTERS; SHEEP; THERMODYNAMICS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031081408     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(96)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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