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An ink surgical marker pen is damaging to tendon cells.
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OBJECTIVES: Surgical marking during tendon surgery is often used for technical and teaching purposes. This study investigates the effect of a gentian violet ink marker pen, a common surgical marker, on the viability of the tissue and cells of tendon. METHODS: In vitro cell and tissue methods were used to test the viability of human hamstring explants and the migrating tenocytes in the presence of the gentian violet ink. RESULTS: The outcome of this study was that a constituent of the surgica...
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- Journal:
- Bone and Joint Research More from this journal
- Volume:
- 1
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 36-40
- Publication date:
- 2012-03-01
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2046-3758
- ISSN:
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2046-3758
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English
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pubs:374991
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374991
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- 2012
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