Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a rabbit model using silk-collagen scaffold and comparison with autograft.

The objective of the present study was to perform an in vivo assessment of a novel silk-collagen scaffold for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. First, a silk-collagen scaffold was fabricated by combining sericin-extracted knitted silk fibroin mesh and type I collagen to mimic the comp...

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Main Authors: Fanggang Bi, Zhongli Shi, An Liu, Peng Guo, Shigui Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4418759?pdf=render