Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1427-1434.e1 , December 2009

Influence of Hydroxyapatite-Coated and Growth Factor–Releasing Interference Screws on Tendon-Bone Healing in an Ovine Model

  • Yan Lu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Yan Lu, M.D., Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1102, U.S.A.
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  • Mark D. Markel, D.V.M., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Brett Nemke, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • J. Sam Lee, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Ben K. Graf, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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  • William L. Murphy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Received 13 November 2008 ,Accepted 10 June 2009.

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 Supported by the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation (Translational Research Partnership Grant) and the National Institutes of Health (R03AR052893). The authors report no conflict of interest.

 

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PII: S0749-8063(09)00520-9

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.06.008

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1427-1434.e1 , December 2009

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