Improvement of flexor tendon reconstruction with carbodiimide-derivatized hyaluronic acid and gelatin-modified intrasynovial allografts: Study of a primary repair failure model

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2817-2828

  Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   Sun, Yu Long ^a   Ikeda, Jun ^a   Kirk, Ramona L ^a   Thoreson, Andrew R ^a   Moran, Steven L ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANAMIDE; GELATIN; HYALURONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649823887     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01148     Document Type: Article

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