Early healing of flexor tendon insertion site injuries: Tunnel repair is mechanically and histologically inferior to surface repair in a canine model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 990-1000

  Silva, Matthew J ^a   Thomopoulos, Stavros ^a   Kusano, Nozomu ^a   Zaegel, Melissa A ^a   Harwood, Frederick L ^b   Matsuzaki, Hironori ^a   Havlioglu, Necat ^a   Dovan, Thomas T ^a   Amiel, David ^b   Gelberman, Richard H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Canine; Flexor tendon; Tendon insertion site; Tendon bone healing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISTAL PHALANX; DOG; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMALACIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRABECULAR BONE; ANIMAL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; DOGS; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33744498081     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20084     Document Type: Article

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