A novel biomimetic material for engineering postsurgical adhesion using the injured digital flexor tendon-synovial complex as an in vivo model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 781-793

  Branford, Olivier A ^a   Mudera, Vivek ^b   Brown, Robert A ^b   McGrouther, Duncan A ^b   Grobbelaar, Adriaan O ^b  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; FIBRONECTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER AMPUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYNOVIUM; TENDON INJURY; TENOTOMY; ADHESION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; FORELIMB; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBRONECTINS; FORELIMB; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RABBITS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 40549125386     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299373.25294.65     Document Type: Article

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