Title : The influence of a cyclooxygenase-1 inhibitor on injured and uninjured ligaments in the rat.

Pub. Date : 2003 Jul-Aug

PMID : 12860547






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1 BACKGROUND: Results of previous studies have shown that piroxicam, a cyclooxygenase-1-2 inhibitor, improves the strength of healing ligaments, whereas celecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, impairs ligament healing. Celecoxib prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 Rattus norvegicus