A comparison of degradable synthetic polymer fibers for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 738-747

  Tovar, Nick ^a,b   Bourke, Sharon ^c,e   Jaffe, Michael ^d,f   Murthy, N Sanjeeva ^c,g   Kohn, Joachim ^c,g   Gatt, Charles ^a   Dunn, Michael G ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e New Jersey Center for Biomaterials ^*  (United States)

^f Medical Device Concept Laboratory   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Cell compatibility; Fiber scaffold; Polymer; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ACL RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR-CRUCIATE-LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CELL COMPATIBILITY; CELLULAR COMPATIBILITY; DEGRADATION RATE; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ETHYLENE OXIDES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH; IN-VITRO; INITIAL VALUES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MESOGENICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PLLA; POLY L LACTIC ACID; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FIBERS; LACTIC ACID; LIGAMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOSPHATASES; POLYMERS; REPAIR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YIELD STRESS;

SCAFFOLDS;

ETHYLENE OXIDE; POLY(DESAMINOTYROSYL TYROSINE DODECYL DODECANEDIOATE); POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; RABBITS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77950220929     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32567     Document Type: Article

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