Biomechanical evaluation of acellular collagen matrix augmented achilles tendon repair in sheep

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 438-441

  Song, Lin ^a   Olsen, Raymond E ^b,c   Spalazzi, Jeffrey P ^a   Davisson, Twana ^a  

^a STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS   (United States)

^b Innovative Medical Device Solutions   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Surgery; Suture; Tendon augmentation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; SHEEP; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77955939682     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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