Efficacy of hyaluronic acid/nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug systems in preventing postsurgical tendon adhesions

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Miller, Julie A ^a   Ferguson, Ronney L ^b   Powers, Dennis L ^a   Burns, James W ^c   Shalaby, Shalaby W ^d  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Poly Med Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion; hyaluronic acid; tendon

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; DRUG PRODUCTS; GELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURGERY; TENDONS;

CALCIUM ACETATE; FLEXOR TENDONS; HISTOLOGY; HYALURONIC ACID; NAPROXEN SODIUM; NONSTEROIDAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; SYNOVIAL SHEATH; WHITE LEGHORN CHICKENS;

DRUG INTERACTIONS;

CALCIUM ACETATE; HYALURONIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TOLMETIN;

ADHESION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; FLEXOR TENDON; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; TENDINITIS; TENDON SURGERY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHICKENS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GELS; HYALURONIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031104763     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199721)38:1<25::AID-JBM4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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