Tissue adhesives for meniscus tear repair: an overview of current advances and prospects for future clinical solutions

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Bochynska A I ^a,b   Hannink, G ^a   Grijpma, D W ^b,c   Buma, P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; GLUES; GLUING; GOLD; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOCKS (FASTENERS); REPAIR;

ADHESIVE STRENGTH; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CURRENT TREATMENTS; JOINT STABILITIES; ROBUST SOLUTIONS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

TISSUE;

ALBUMIN ADHESIVE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CHEMICALLY CROSS LINKABLE ADHESIVE; CYANOACRYLATE ADHESIVE; FIBRIN GLUE; GELATINE ADHESIVE; PHOTO CROSS LINKABLE ADHESIVE; THERMO RESPONSIVE ADHESIVE; TISSUE ADHESIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCAL REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; MATERIALS TESTING; TIBIAL MENISCUS INJURIES;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; TIBIAL MENISCUS INJURIES; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 84961226021     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-016-5694-5     Document Type: Review

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