The effect of dehydration and irrigation on the healing of Achilles tendon: An experimental study

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-109

  Saygi, Baransel ^a,e   Yildirim, Yakup ^b   Çabukoǧlu, Cengiz ^c   Kara, Hasan ^c   Ramadan, Saime Sezgin ^d   Esemenli, Tanil ^d  

^a FATIH SULTAN MEHMET TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Sema Hastanesi Istanbul   (Turkey)

^c Yalova Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Air exposure; Dehydration; Irrigation; Rats; Sprague Dawley; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADHESION; AIR; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TENDON SUTURE; TENOTOMY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; AIR; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IRRIGATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 41949138749     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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