Adhesion reduction after knee surgery in a rat model by Mitomycin C

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-98

  Kocaoglu, Baris ^a   Akgun, Umut ^a   Nalbantoglu, Ufuk ^a   Poyanlı, Oguz ^b   Karahan, Mustafa ^c  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SSK Goztepe Hospital   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesion formation; Knee surgery; Mitomycin C; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650793529     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1154-9     Document Type: Article

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