Characteristics of poly(L-)lactic acid suture applied to fascial closure in rats

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Heino, A ^a   Naukkarinen, A ^a   Kulju, T ^a   Tormala P ^b   Pohjonen, T ^b   Makela E A ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

FASCIAL CLOSURE; POLYLACTIC ACID SUTURE;

BIOMATERIALS;

POLYLACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; RAT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; TISSUE REACTION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030088103     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199602)30:2<187::AID-JBM8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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