Chemical and morphological analysis of explanted polyurethane vascular prostheses: The challenge of removing fixed adhering tissue

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 1843-1848

  Zhang, Ze ^a   King, Martin W ^a   How, Thien V ^a,b   Laroche, Gaétan ^a   Guidoin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleaning method; Polymer analysis; Polyurethanes; Surface characterization; Tissue removal; Vascular prostheses

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLEANING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; POLYURETHANES; TISSUE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOST ABILITY; EXPLANTS; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES;

BICARBONATE; BIOMATERIAL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; POLYURETHAN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; URETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CLEANING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030269979     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(95)00246-4     Document Type: Article

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