Comparative study of the covered area of Leeds-Keio (LK) artificial ligament and radio frequency generated glow discharge treated Leeds-Keio (Bio-LK) ligament with synovial cells

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-362

  Tukazaki, Satoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Toshiyuki ^a   Fujikawa, Kyosuke ^a   Kobayashi, Tatsuo ^a   Seedhom, Bahaa B ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Artificial ligament; Leeds Keio ligament

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELLS; TISSUE;

CELL ADHESION;

LIGAMENTS;

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE LIGAMENT; LEEDS KEIO ARTIFICIAL LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIUM;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 0141818245     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v13.i4.80     Document Type: Article

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