Biodegradable PLA-PGA polymers for tissue engineering in orthopaedics

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 250, Issue , 1997, Pages 115-128

  Agrawal, C M ^a   Athanasiou, K A ^a   Heckman, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fabrication; Polyglycolic Acid; Polylactic Acid; Porous; Scaffolds

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORTHOPEDICS; POLYESTERS; POROUS MATERIALS; TISSUE;

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIALS;

EID: 0031354788     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.250.115     Document Type: Article

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