In vivo and in vitro degradation of poly[50/50 (85/15 L/D)LA/ε-CL], and the implications for the use in nerve reconstruction

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 575-585

  Den Dunnen, W F A ^a   Meek, M F ^a   Grijpma, D W ^b   Robinson, P H ^a   Schakenraad, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Bioscan   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CL and LLA crystals; Effective surface; In vivo and in vitro degradation; Nerve guide; Nerve regeneration; p 50 50 (85 15 L D)LA CL

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

NERVE GUIDES; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION;

GRAFTS;

COPOLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYESTERS; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034666768     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20000915)51:4<575::AID-JBM5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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