Prevention of restrictive adhesions in primary tendon repair by HA-membrane: Experimental research in chickens

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 373-379

  Işik, Selcuk ^a   Öztürk, Serdar ^a   Gürses, Senih ^b   Yetmez, Mehmet ^b   Güler, M Mümtaz ^a   Selmanpakoglu, Naki ^a   Günhan, Ömer ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Hyaluronic acid membrane; Tendon repair

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; HYALURONIC ACID; KETAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; GEL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT MOBILITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SPLINT; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0033166224     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3128     Document Type: Article

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