Mersilene suture as a vehicle for delivery of growth factors in tendon repair

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1713-1717

  Rohrich, Rod J ^a   Trott, Suzanne A ^a   Love, Mike ^a   Beran, Samuel J ^a   Orenstein, Harry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DRUG VEHICLE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MERSILENE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLEXOR TENDON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 7; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RATS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEHICLES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032733498     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199911000-00015     Document Type: Article

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