Local Delivery of Growth Factors Using Coated Suture Material

The optimization of healing processes in a wide range of tissues represents a central point for surgical research. One approach is to stimulate healing processes with growth factors. These substances have a short half-life and therefore it seems useful to administer these substances locally rather t...

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Main Authors: T. F. Fuchs, C. Surke, R. Stange, S. Quandte, B. Wildemann, M. J. Raschke, G. Schmidmaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/109216