Functional attachment of soft tissues to bone: development, healing, and tissue engineering

HH Lu, S Thomopoulos - Annual review of biomedical …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Connective tissues such as tendons or ligaments attach to bone across a multitissue
interface with spatial gradients in composition, structure, and mechanical properties. These …

Tissue engineering strategies for the regeneration of orthopedic interfaces

HH Lu, SD Subramony, MK Boushell… - Annals of biomedical …, 2010 - Springer
A major focus in the field of orthopedic tissue engineering is the development of tissue
engineered bone and soft tissue grafts with biomimetic functionality to allow for their …

Preclinical models for translating regenerative medicine therapies for rotator cuff repair

KA Derwin, AR Baker, JP Iannotti… - Tissue Engineering Part …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Despite improvements in the understanding of rotator cuff pathology and advances in
surgical treatment options, repairs of chronic rotator cuff tears often re-tear or fail to heal after …

Biomimetic scaffold design for functional and integrative tendon repair

X Zhang, D Bogdanowicz, C Erisken, NM Lee… - Journal of shoulder and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Rotator cuff tears represent the most common shoulder injuries in the United States. The
debilitating effect of this degenerative condition coupled with the high incidence of failure …

Orthopedic interface tissue engineering for the biological fixation of soft tissue grafts

KL Moffat, INE Wang, SA Rodeo, HH Lu - Clinics in sports medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Interface tissue engineering is a promising new strategy aimed at the regeneration of tissue
interfaces and ultimately enabling the biological fixation of soft tissue grafts used in …

Engineering musculoskeletal tissue interfaces

E Bayrak, P Yilgor Huri - Frontiers in Materials, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tissue engineering aims to bring together biomaterials, cells, and signaling molecules
within properly designed microenvironments in order to create viable treatment options for …

[PDF][PDF] Rotator cuff tears: what have we learned from animal models

L Edelstein, SJ Thomas… - J Musculoskelet Neuronal …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Rotator cuff tendon tears are among the most common soft tissue injuries that occur at the
shoulder. Despite advancements in surgical repair techniques, rotator cuff repairs …

Proximal tibial resections and reconstructions: clinical outcome of 225 patients

AF Mavrogenis, E Pala, A Angelini… - Journal of surgical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Previous studies reported variable outcome of proximal tibial resections and
reconstructions. Therefore, we evaluated the survival, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society …

The effect of shock wave treatment at the tendon–bone interface—An histomorphological and biomechanical study in rabbits

CJ Wang, FS Wang, KD Yang, LH Weng… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. This study was performed to investigate the effect of shock wave treatment on the
healing at tendon–bone interface in rabbits. Materials and methods. Thirty‐six New Zealand …

From amputation to limb salvage reconstruction: evolution and role of the endoprosthesis in musculoskeletal oncology

JS Hwang, AD Mehta, RS Yoon, KS Beebe - Journal of Orthopaedics and …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract In 1943, Austin Moore developed the first endoprosthesis fashioned from Vitallium,
providing the first alternative to traditional amputation as primary treatment of bone tumors …