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- Title
Silicone rubber: an alternative for repair of articular cartilage defects.
- Authors
Wang, Mei; Yu, Changlong
- Abstract
Silicone-rubber implants were used to fill full-thickness articular cartilage in the trochlea area of the knee joint in rabbits, for the purpose of studying the long-term influence of silicone-rubber implant on surrounding articular cartilage. Forty eight weeks after surgery, the silicone rubbers were still fitted tightly into the defects; surrounding cartilage showed mild degeneration, better than the control group. Our results showed silicone-rubber implantation for repairing local articular cartilage defects can effectively delay the pathogenetic progression of osteoarthritis.
- Subjects
SILICONE rubber; ARTICULAR cartilage; CARTILAGE; LIGAMENTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SURGERY; KNEE surgery; SILICONES; ANIMAL experimentation; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RABBITS; RESEARCH; WOUND healing; EVALUATION research; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2004, Vol 12, Issue 6, p556
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-003-0447-7