Dynamic changes appearing in collagen fibers during intrinsic tendon repair

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-206

  Ehrlich, H Paul ^a   Lambert, Paul A ^a   Saggers, Gregory C ^a   Myers, Roland L ^a   Hauck, Randy M ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fibers; Collagen fibril segments; Intrinsic tendon repair; Tendon translucence

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE FIBERS; RATS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 12744269315     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000141380.52782.db     Document Type: Article

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