Use of glutaraldehyde stabilized mammalian pericardium in hand surgery.
Initial feasibility studies of glutaraldehyde-stabilized bovine pericardium show promise for use in hand surgery. The pericardium exhibits excellent handling characteristics with no obvious biologically adverse reactions. Testing in the experimental models show a decrease in adhesion formation and an increase in tendon gliding. Clinical use of the bovine pericardium in selected cases appears to be confirm the experimental results.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D005976:Glutaral; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D010521:Periosteum; D011817:Rabbits; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology; D013977:Tibia; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000517:prevention & control; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
D005976:Glutaral