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Research Article

TISSUE ENGINEERING OF HIGH DENSITY POROUS POLYETHYLENE IMPLANT FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Pages 9-14 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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