Acta Vet. Brno 2014, 83: 55-60

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201483010055

Mechanical testing of newly developed biomaterial designed for intra-articular reinforcement of partially ruptured cranial cruciate ligament: ex vivo pig model

Petra Fedorová1, Robert Srnec2, Jan Pěnčík3, Pavel Schmid3, Evžen Amler4,5, Lucie Urbanová1, Alois Nečas2

1University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Clinic, Department of Surgery and Orthopaedics, Brno, Czech Republic
2CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
3Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Building Testing, Brno, Czech Republic
4Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
5Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biophysics, Prague, Czech Republic

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