Bioactive Sutures for Tendon Repair: Assessment of a Method of Delivering Pluripotential Embryonic Cells

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1558-1564

  Yao, Jeffrey ^a   Korotkova, Tatiana ^a   Riboh, Jonathan ^a   Chong, Alphonsus ^a   Chang, James ^a   Smith, R Lane ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Stem cells; suture; tendon

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYLYSINE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBRONECTINS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; POLYLYSINE; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 54849415902     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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