Effects of physical barriers in prevention of adhesions: An incisional hernia model in rats

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-132

  Alponat, Ahmet ^a   Lakshminarasappa, Satish R ^a   Teh, Ming ^a   Rajnakova, Andrea ^a   Moochhala, Shabbir ^a   Goh, Peter M Y ^a   Chan, Steven T F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031105082     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1996.4979     Document Type: Article

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