Development of a novel synthetic material to close abdominal wall defects

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 415-418

  Cnota, Melissa A ^a   Aliabadi Wahle, Shaghayegh ^a   Choe, Ella U ^a   Jacob, Jean T ^b   Flint, Lewis M ^a   Ferrara, John J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARLEX;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HERNIA, VENTRAL; MALE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; URETHANE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031970441     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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