Comparison of self-reinforced poly-L-lactide and steel wire in fixation of sternotomy in rabbits

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 318-321

  Makela P A ^a   Ruuskanen, M ^a   Ashammakhi, N ^a   Kallioinen, M ^a   Pohjonen, T ^b   Serlo, W ^a   Tormala P ^b   Waris, T ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absorbable; Biodegradable; Fixation; Polylactide; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE; STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; FRACTURE HEALING; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RIB; STERNOTOMY; TISSUE REACTION; WIRE FIXATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BONE WIRES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; POLYESTERS; RABBITS; SKIN; STERNUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 30344459169     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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