Application of a self-reinforced polyglycolic acid (SR-PGA) membrane to the closure of an abdominal fascial defect in rats

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 596-601

  Heino, Antero ^a   Naukkarinen, Anita ^a   Pietiläinen, Timo ^a   Merasto, Minna E ^a   Törmälä, Pertti ^b   Pohjonen, Timo ^b   Mäkelä, E Antero ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fascia; Hernia; Polyglycolic acid; Suture; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLLAGEN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MUSCLE; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PROSTHETICS; SURGERY;

INTESTINAL ADHESIONS; LAPAROTOMY; RATS; SELF REINFORCED POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VENTRAL HERNIA;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

COLLAGEN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; HERNIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; FASCIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032820218     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(1999)48:5<596::AID-JBM2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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