Microdrilled cartilage defects treated with thrombin-solidified chitosan/blood implant regenerate a more hyaline, stable, and structurally integrated osteochondral unit compared to drilled controls

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 508-519

  Marchand, Catherine ^a,c   Chen, Gaoping ^a   Tran Khanh, Nicolas ^a   Sun, Jun ^b,d   Chen, Hongmei ^a   Buschmann, Michael D ^a   Hoemann, Caroline D ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BioSyntech Canada Inc   (Canada)

^c Piramal Enterprises Limited   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARTILAGE; CHITOSAN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLYCEROL; HISTOLOGY; REPAIR; ROCK DRILLS; TISSUE;

BONE PLATE; BONE REPAIR; CARTILAGE DEFECTS; CARTILAGE REPAIR; CONTROL DEFECTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRILL HOLE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HISTOMORPHOMETRY; HOLE DIAMETER; IN-CONTROL; IN-SITU; MICRO DRILLS; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSSEOUS INTEGRATION; OSTEOCHONDRAL; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TYPE II;

DEFECTS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

CHITOSAN; HYALIN; THROMBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BONE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; RABBIT; TIME; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARTILAGE; CHITOSAN; HYALIN; OSSEOINTEGRATION; RABBITS; THROMBIN; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 84857879898     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0178     Document Type: Article

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