In vitro tendon tissue engineering

Thesis

Tendon, ligament, and joint capsular injuries represent 45% of the 32 million musculoskeletal injuries each year in the United States. Tendon injuries are especially common, requiring surgical repair for the shoulder’s rotator cuff tendons (51,000 per year), the Achilles tendon (44,000 per year), and the patellar tendon (42,000 per year). Tissue engineering provides an alternative in the treatment of tendon lesions through replacement of an injured tendon segment. The purpose of this study wa...

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Authors: Qiu, Y

• Publication date: 2010
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-vqgebkqyd
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: tissue engineering; growth factors; tendon
• Subjects: Orthopaedics