Pulley reconstruction with different materials: Experimental study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Oruç, Melike ^a   Ulusoy, M Gürhan ^a   Kankaya, Yüksel ^a   Koçer, Uǧur ^a   Şerbetçi, Kemal ^a,b   Hasirci, Nesrin ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acellular dermal matrix; Pulley; Solvent dehydrated bovine pericardium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DERMIS; HAND SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULLEY RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY; RABBIT; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; ANIMAL; BIOPROSTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FASCIA LATA; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALLODERM; COLLAGEN; NYLON;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FASCIA LATA; NYLONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; TENDONS;

EID: 53049103584     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31815a23d8     Document Type: Article

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