Encircling the Tendon Repair Site with Collagen-GAG Reduces the Formation of Postoperative Tendon Adhesions in a Chicken Flexor Tendon Model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 765-771

  Bhavsar, Dhaval ^a   Shettko, Donna ^b   Tenenhaus, Mayer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

intrinsic tendon healing; tendon adhesion; tendon repair

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; NONHUMAN; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TOE PHALANGES;

EID: 77949653877     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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