Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages e370-e375 , April 2010

Engineering cartilage substitute with a specific size and shape using porous high-density polyethylene (HDPE) as internal support

  • Yujia Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Zheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Lie Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Zheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Hua Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Zheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. 415 Feng Yang Road, Shanghai, P. R. China, 200003. Tel.: +86 21 63610109x73377; fax: +86 21 63520020.
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  • Wei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai 9th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shanghai, P.R. China
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  • Yu Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai 9th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shanghai, P.R. China
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  • Yilin Cao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai 9th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shanghai, P.R. China
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  • Guangdong Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai 9th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shanghai, P.R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. 639 Zhi Zao Ju Road, Shanghai, P. R. China, 200011. Tel.: +86 21 3271699x5606; fax: +86 21 53078128.

Received 1 June 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00741-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.10.016

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages e370-e375 , April 2010

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