Comparison of the biological activities of high-density porous polyethylene implants and oxidized regenerated cellulose-wrapped diced cartilage grafts

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 540-546

  Uysal, Afpin ^a   Özbek, Serhat ^a   Özcan, Mesut ^a  

^a Ceyhun Atif Kansu Caddesi ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLYETHYLENE;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; DENSITY; DEVICE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FASCIA; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT STABILITY; OCULAR MICROMETER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOLYSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RABBIT; RETROPERITONEUM; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE; CELLULOSE, OXIDIZED; EAR CARTILAGES; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYETHYLENES; RABBITS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL;

EID: 0042631383     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000070967.06488.63     Document Type: Article

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