Use of biodegradable urethane-based adhesives to appose meniscal defect edges in an ovine model: A preliminary study

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 229-234

  Field, J R ^a   Gunatillake, P ^b   Adhikari, R ^b   Ramshaw, J A M ^b   Werkmeister, J A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Orthopaedics; Sheep; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; URETHAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHANE; WOUND HEALING;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 44349175471     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00300.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Tenuta JJ, Arciero RA. Arthroscopic evaluation of meniscal repairs; factors that effect healing. Am J Sports Med 1994 22 : 797 802.
2. Poehling GG, Ruch DS, Chabon SJ. The landscape of meniscal injuries. Clin Sports Med 1990 9 : 539 549.
3. Arnoczky SP, Warren RF. The microvascularity of the meniscus and its response to injury: an experimental study in the dog. Am J Sports Med 1983 11 : 131 141.
4. Hauger O, Frank LR, Boutin RD et al. Characterisation of the red zone of knee meniscus; MR imaging and histologic correlation. Radiology 2000 217 : 193 200.
5. Newman AP, Daniels AU, Burks RT. Principles and decision making in meniscal surgery. Arthroscopy 1993 9 : 33 51.
6. van Trommel MF, Simonian PT, Potter Hg, Wickkiewicz TL. Different regional healing rates with the outside in technique for meniscal repair. Am J Sports Med 1998 26 : 446 452.
7. Renstrom P, Johnson RJ. Anatomy and biomechanics of the menisci. Clin Sports Med 1990 9 : 523 538.
8. Bellemans J, Vandenneucker H, Labey L, van Audekercke R. Fixation strength of meniscal repair devices. Knee 2002 9 : 11 14.
9. Jackson DW, McDevitt CA, Simon TM, et al. Meniscal transplantation using fresh and cryopreserved allografts: An experimental study in dogs. Am J Sports Med 1992 6 : 644 656.
10. Nettles DL, Elder SH, Gilbert JA. Potential use of chitosan as a cell scaffold material for cartilage tissue engineering. Tissue Eng 2002 8 : 1009 1016.
11. Tienen TG, Heijkants RG, Buma P et al. A porous polymer scaffold for meniscal lesion repair: A study in dogs. Biomaterials 2003 24 : 2541 2548.
12. McDevitt CA, Webber RJ. The ultrastructure and biochemistry of meniscal cartilage. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1990 252 : 8 18.
13. Rodeo SA, Warren RF. Meniscal repair using the outside-to-inside technique. Clin Sports Med 1996 15 : 469 481.
14. Wroble RR, Henderson RC, Campion ER, el-Khoury GY, Albright JP. Meniscectomy in children and adolescents: A long-term follow-up study. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1992 279 : 180 189.
15. McAndrews PT, Arnoczky SP. Meniscal repair enhancement techniques. Clin Sports Med 1996 15 : 499 510.
16. Stone KR, Rodkey WG, Webber R, McKinney L, Steadman JR. Meniscal regeneration with copolymeric collagen scaffolds: In vitro and in vivo studies evaluated clinically, histologically, and biochemically. Am J Sports Med 1992 20 : 104 111.
17. Messner K, Gao J. The menisci of the knee joint: anatomical and functional characteristics, and a rationale for clinical treatment. J Anat 1998 193 : 161 178.
18. Kawamura S, Lotito K, Rodeo SA. Biomechanics and healing response of the meniscus. Oper Tech Sports Med 2003 11 : 68 76.
19. Peretti GM, Gill TJ, Xu JW et al. Cell-based therapy for meniscal repair: a large animal study. Am J Sports Med 2004 32 : 146 58.
20. Klompmaker J, Veth RPH. Animal models of meniscal repair. In : An YH, Friedman RJ, editors. Animal models in orthopaedic research. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1999 : 327 347.
21. Joshi MD, Suh JK, Marui T, Woo SL. Interspecies variation of compressive biomechanical properties of the meniscus. J Biomed Mater Res 1995 : 29 : 823 828.