GROSS AND HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HEALING AFTER DOG FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR WITH THE TENO FIX™ DEVICE

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 524-529

  Su, B W ^a   Raia, F J ^a   Quitkin, H M ^a   Parisien, M ^a   Strauch, R J ^a   Rosenwasser, M P ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

canine; flexor tendon repair; stainless steel; tendon histology

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOG; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCAR FORMATION; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; DOGS; FIBROBLASTS; IMMOBILIZATION; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SUTURE ANCHORS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33748302262     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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