Nitrous acid pretreatment of tendon xenografts cross-linked with glutaraldehyde and sterilized with gamma irradiation

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1003-1015

  Johnson, K A ^a,b,c   Rogers, G J ^a   Roe, S C ^a   Howlett, C R ^a   Clayton, M K ^c,d   Milthorpe, B K ^a   Schindhelm, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma irradiation; Glutaraldehyde; Nitrous acid; Tendon; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; COLLAGEN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NITRIC ACID; STRESS ANALYSIS; SWELLING; TENDONS;

GLUTARALDEHYDE; XENOGRAFTS;

GRAFTS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; NITROUS ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CROSS LINKING; FINGER; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GRAFT FAILURE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KANGAROO; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHEEP; SUTURE; TAIL; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS SP.; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033151440     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(98)90187-9     Document Type: Article

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