The behavior of different types of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) prostheses in the reparative scarring process of abdominal wall defects

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 683-690

  Bujan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Macrophages; Polytetrafluoroethylene; PTFE prostheses; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POLITEF IMPLANT; RABBIT; SCAR; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CICATRIX; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HERNIA; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERITONEUM; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030739228     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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