Tissue engineering of high density porous polyethylene implant for three-dimensional reconstruction: An experimental study

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Can, Zeki ^a,b   Erçöçen, Ali Riza ^a   Apaydin, Ilker ^a   Demirseren, Erol ^a   Sabuncuoǧlu, Bizden ^a   Yormuk, Erdem ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Beyköy Yapi Koop ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Porous polyethylene implant; Prefabrication; Skin graft take; Tissue engineering; Vascular induction

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; RABBIT; SCINTIGRAPHY; SKIN GRAFT;

EID: 0033915405     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310050160114     Document Type: Article

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