Bamboo-inspired lightweight tape suture with hollow and porous structure for tendon repair
Solid-structure tape sutures have been developed and used widely in tendon repair for their inhibitory action on the suture pull-out through the tendon. However, the massive body without a porous structure of the tape suture results in the inferior integration with the host tissue leading to poor re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Materials & Design |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127520303774 |