Foreign Body Reactions to Monofilament and Braided Polypropylene Mesh Used as Preperitoneal Implants in Pigs

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 823-825

  Beets, Geerard L ^a   Go, Peter M N Y H ^b   Van Mameren, Henk ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign body reaction; Inguinal hernia repair; Laparoscopy; Polypropylene mesh; Suture materials

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; IMPLANTATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; LAPAROSCOPY; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURES; SWINE;

EID: 0029854144     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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