Comparative study of the areas of osteochondral defects produced in the femoral condyles of rabbits treated with gel of sugarcane biopolymer Estudo comparativo das áreas de defeitos osteocondrais produzidas nos côndilos femorais de coelhos tratados com gel de biopolímero de cana

PURPOSE: To measure the healed areas of osteochondral defects produced in femoral condyles of rabbits filled with biopolymer sugar cane gel and to compare these with those of the control group at 90, 120 and 180 days. METHODS: A study was made of 16 New Zealand rabbits, 6 and 7 months old, weighing...

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Main Authors: Paulo Cezar Vidal Carneiro de Albuquerque, José Lamartine de Andrade Aguiar, Saulo Monteiro dos Santos, Nicodemus Pontes Filho, Roberto José Vieira de Mello, Mariana Lúcia Correia Ramos Costa, Clarissa Miranda Carneiro de Albuquerque, Tarciana Mendonça de S. Almeida, Alessandro Henrique da Silva Santos, Joacil Carlos da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2011-10-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502011000500010