The collagen meniscus implant

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-516

  Buma, Pieter ^a   van Tienen, T ^a   Veth, R P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chondrocyte; Collagen; Fibrocyte; Glycosaminoglycans; Meniscus regeneration; Meniscus repair; Patients; Scaffold materials; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYURETHAN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANGIOGENESIS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIBROCARTILAGE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MENISCECTOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYNOVIUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPROSTHESIS; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34447315840     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.4.507     Document Type: Review

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