Growth factors and platelet rich plasma in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

L Bissell, S Tibrewal, V Sahni… - Current stem cell …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
reconstruction. This review article used laboratory and clinical studies to evaluate the
effectiveness of PRP and growth factors as an adjunct to ACL reconstruction… specific growth factors

Tissue-engineered ligament: cells, matrix, and growth factors

JA Koski, C Ibarra, SA Rodeo - Orthopedic Clinics, 2000 - orthopedic.theclinics.com
… 68 Studies have shown that patients with untreated ligamentous instability can develop …
ligaments are known to heal poorly after injury, however. Attempts to repair cruciate ligaments

The effect of platelet-derived growth factors on knee stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective randomized clinical study

M Vogrin, M Rupreht, A Crnjac, D Dinevski… - Wiener Klinische …, 2010 - Springer
… with bone-tendon-bone autografts are more stable than those reconstructed with hamstring
… ate ligament reconstruction with a hamstring graft and use of platelet-derived growth factors. …

The influence of locally applied platelet-derived growth factor-BB on free tendon graft remodeling after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

A Weiler, C Förster, P Hunt, R Falk… - … American journal of …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
growth factors has been thought to accelerate ligamentGrowth factors such as platelet-derived
growth factor (PDGF), transforming growth factor-B (TGF-B), basic fibroblast growth factor

Current tissue engineering strategies in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

NL Leong, FA Petrigliano… - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ligament injury, a hematoma develops around the ligament, … growth factors. The hematoma
can be thought of as a provisional chemotactic scaffold that sets the foundation for ligament

Effect of growth factors on matrix synthesis by ligament fibroblasts

T Marui, C Niyibizi, HI Georgescu… - Journal of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
… fibroblast growth factors, transforming growth factor 01, and epidermal growth factor on …
cultured fibroblasts from medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament in vitro. Uptake …

The effect of growth factors on biomechanical properties of the bone-patellar tendon-bone graft after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a canine model study

K Yasuda, F Tomita, S Yamazaki… - … American journal of …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
ligament reconstruction with the autogenous bone-patellar tendon-bone graft in bilateral
knees. In 10 animals, 12 ng transforming growth factor-β and 300 ng epidermal growth factor

… administration of vascular endothelial growth factor on mechanical characteristics of the semitendinosus tendon graft after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in …

T Yoshikawa, H Tohyama, T Katsura… - … American journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
… study has provided useful information concerning the basic science of ACL reconstruction.
Vascular endothelial growth factor stimulates endothelial cells to migrate, proliferate, and form …

Localization of growth factors in the reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament: immunohistological study in dogs

R Kuroda, M Kurosaka, S Yoshiya… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… This study investigated the localization of the growth factors in the early … of the growth
factors in the autogenous patellar tendon graft used to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament (…

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and angiogenesis in patellar tendon grafts in the early phase after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

T Yoshikawa, H Tohyama, H Enomoto… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2006 - Springer
… was to clarify vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) … ligament (ACL) reconstruction using
a rabbit model. The right knees of 30 Japanese white rabbits underwent ACL reconstruction