Polycaprolactone/glass bioabsorbable implant in a rabbit humerus fracture model

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 536-541

  Lowry, K J ^a   Hamson, K R ^a   Bear, L ^a   Peng, Y B ^b   Calaluce, R ^a   Evans, M L ^a   Anglen, J O ^a   Allen, W C ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable; Fracture fixation; Internal fixation; Polycaprolactone; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLASS FIBERS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOGRAPHY; STAINLESS STEEL; TISSUE;

BIOABSORPTION; HISTOLOGY; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIOMATERIAL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFLAMMATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; GLASS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RABBITS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 9844258335     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19970915)36:4<536::AID-JBM12>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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