The treatment of segmental bone defects in rabbit tibiae with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-loaded gelatin/hydroxyapatite "cryogel" scaffold

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 767-774

  Ozturk, Burak Yagmur ^a   Inci, Ilyas ^b   Egri, Sinan ^c   Ozturk, Akif Muhtar ^d   Yetkin, Haluk ^d   Goktas, Guleser ^d   Elmas, Cigdem ^d   Piskin, Erhan ^b   Erdogan, Deniz ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryogel; Fracture healing; Nonunion; Rabbit tibia; Scaffold; VEGF

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; HYDROXYAPATITE CONTAINING GELATIN SCAFFOLD; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE GROWTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CALLUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL SIZED BONE DEFECT; CRYOGEL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HISTOLOGY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIA; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOGELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DURAPATITE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; GELATIN; RABBITS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84885482852     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-012-1070-4     Document Type: Article

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