Use of nonporous polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis in combination with polypropylene prosthetic abdominal wall implants in prevention of peritoneal adhesions

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-202

  Bellón, Juan M ^a   Buján, Julia ^a   Contreras, Luis A ^a   Jurado, Francisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Peritoneal adhesions; Polypropylene; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ENCAPSULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; NONPOROUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE PROSTHESIS; PERITONEAL ADHESIONS; POLYPROPYLENE IMPLANT PROLENE; SCARRING PROCESS; WOUND REPAIR;

PROSTHETICS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS;

EID: 0031239415     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199723)38:3<197::AID-JBM3>3.3.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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