Cellular ingrowth and thickness changes in poly-L-lactide and polyglycolide matrices implanted subcutaneously in the rat

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 412-421

  Holder Jr , Walter D ^a   Gruber, Helen E ^a   Moore, Alecia L ^a   Culberson, Catherine R ^a   Anderson, William ^a   Burg, Karen J L ^a   Mooney, David J ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ingrowth; Poly L lactide; Polyglycolide; Tissue engineering; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; POLYESTERS; POROUS MATERIALS; TISSUE CULTURE;

POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 7144264427     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19980905)41:3<412::AID-JBM11>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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