Biodegradable implants for the treatment of osteochondral defects in a goat model

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-373

  Athanasiou, Kyriacos ^a   Korvick, Donna ^a   Schenck Jr , Robert ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMUR CONDYLE; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031457179     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.1997.3.363     Document Type: Article

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