In vitro and in vivo degradation of porous poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) foams

Biomaterials

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 1837-1845

  Lu, Lichun ^a   Peter, Susan J ^a   D Lyman, Michelle ^b   Lai, Hui Lin ^b   Leite, Susan M ^b   Tamada, Janet A ^b   Uyama, Shiro ^c   Vacanti, Joseph P ^c   Robert Langer, ^b   Mikos, Antonios G ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Poly(DL lactic co glycolic acid) (PLGA); Polymer degradation; Porous foams; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COPOLYMERS; FOAMED PLASTICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; POROSITY; TISSUE;

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; FOAM; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HALF-LIFE; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; MERCURY; MESENTERY; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034124199     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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