In vivo testing of crosslinked polyethers. I. Tissue reactions and biodegradation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-320

  Pol, B J M ^a   Van Wachem, P B ^b   Van Luyn, M J A ^b   Van Der Does, L ^a   Bantjes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CROSSLINKING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CROSSLINKED POLYETHERS; HYDROPHILIC MATERIALS; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VIVO TESTING; MACROPHAGE INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; POLY TETRAHYDROFURAN; POLY TETRAHYDROFURAN CO OXETANE; SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION;

POLYETHERS;

POLYETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CROSS LINKING; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ETHERS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; MALE; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS;

EID: 0030298152     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199611)32:3<307::AID-JBM3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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