Prevention of peritendinous adhesions following flexor tendon injury with seprafilm

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 560-564

  Menderes, Adnan ^a   Mola, Fahri ^a   Tayfur, Volkan ^a   Vayvada, Haluk ^a   Barutçu, Ali ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hyaluronic acid; Peritendinous adhesions; Tendon repair

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOOT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON ADHESION; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RABBITS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 9444244407     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000134507.00053.1a     Document Type: Article

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