Reduction of postoperative pelvic adhesions in the rabbit with Gore-Tex surgical membrane

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1066-1070

  Boyers, S P ^a   Diamond, M P ^a   De Cherney, A H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; PELVIC ADHESION; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0023904103     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59962-2     Document Type: Article

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