Tissue response to polypropylene meshes used in the repair of abdominal wall defects

Biomaterials

Volumn 19, Issue 7-9, 1998, Pages 669-675

  Bellon J M ^a   Contreras, L A ^a   Bujan J ^a   Palomares, D ^a   Carrera San Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall repair; Marlex; Polypropylene prosthesis; Prolene; Trelex

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CELLS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

TENSIOMETRY; TRACTION RESISTANCE;

PROSTHETICS;

BIOMATERIAL; PROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; LEUKOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCAR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENSION; TISSUE REACTION; VISCERA; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY; POLYPROPYLENES; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0032053092     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(97)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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