Technique to control pH in vicinity of biodegrading PLA-PGA implants

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-114

  Agrawal, C Mauli ^a   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradable; pH; polyglycolic acid; polylactic acid; polymer

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CALCITE; COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SALTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DURAPATITE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031172250     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199722)38:2<105::AID-JBM4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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