Photochemical repair of Achilles tendon rupture in a rat model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-279

  Chan, Barbara P ^a   Amann, Christopher ^a   Yaroslavsky, Anna N ^a   Title, Craig ^a   Smink, David ^a   Zarins, Bertram ^a   Kochevar, Irene E ^a   Redmond, Robert W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Photosensitization; Rose bengal; Tendon repair; Tissue bonding

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOSIMETRY; EX VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHOTOCHEMICAL TISSUE BONDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 16244376184     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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