The Cellular effect of a single interrupted suture on tendon

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-367

  Wong, J K F ^a   Cerovac, S ^a   Ferguson, M W J ^a   McGrouther, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

injury; mouse; rabbit; suture; tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE;

ANIMALS; HAND STRENGTH; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SUTURES; TENDONS;

EID: 33745278229     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2006.03.162     Document Type: Article

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