| Title |
Development of biodegradable polycaprolactone film as an internal fixation material to enhance tendon repair: an in vitro study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-14-246 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jian-Zhong Hu, Yong-Chun Zhou, Li-Hua Huang, Hong-Bin Lu |
| Abstract |
Current tendon repair techniques do not provide sufficient tensile strength at the repair site, and thus early active motion rehabilitation after tendon repair is discouraged. To enhance the post-operative tensile strength, we proposed and tested an internal fixation technique using a polycaprolactone (PCL) biofilm. PCL was chosen for its good biocompatibility, excellent mechanical strength, and an appropriate degradation time scale. |
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|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 28% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 13% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 7 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 21% |
| Engineering | 7 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 6% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 21% |
| Unknown | 10 | 21% |
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