Augmentation of bone defect healing using a new biocomposite scaffold: An in vivo study in sheep

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3755-3762

  Van Der Pol, U ^a   Mathieu, L ^b   Zeiter, S ^a   Bourban, P E ^b   Zambelli, P Y ^c   Pearce, S G ^a   Boure L P ^a   Pioletti, D P ^b  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biocomposite; Bone substitute; In vivo; Poly(L lactic acid); Tricalcium phosphate

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LACTIC ACID; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

BIOCOMPOSITE; BIOCOMPOSITE SCAFFOLDS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CANCELLOUS BONE; IN-VIVO; POLY(L-LACTIC ACID); POLY-L-LACTIC ACIDS; TRI-CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; VIVO STUDIES; Β-TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

DEFECTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE DEFECT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BONE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMUR; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

BIOMATERIAL; BONE PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; FEMALE; FEMUR; ORGAN SIZE; SHEEP; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WOUND HEALING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956777076     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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