Flexor tendon healing within the tendon sheath using bioabsorbable poly-l/d-lactide 96/4 suture. A histological in vivo study with rabbits

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1319-1325

  Viinikainen, Anna ^a   Göransson, Harry ^b   Taskinen, Hanna Stina ^c   Röyttä, Matias ^c   Kellomäki, Minna ^d   Törmälä, Pertti ^d   Rokkanen, Pentti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; REPAIR; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOABSORBABLE; FLEXOR TENDON; GIANT CELLS; HALF LIVES; HISTOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; IN-VIVO; SUTURE MATERIALS;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; POLYLACTIDE; BIOMATERIAL; POLYESTER;

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POLYESTER SUTURE; POLYLACTIDE SUTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYNOVIUM; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SHEATH; TENSILE STRENGTH; ANIMAL; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; MATERIALS TESTING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SUTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENDON INJURIES; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84921915016     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-014-5160-1     Document Type: Article

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