Prevention of adhesions to polypropylene mesh in a rabbit model

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 383-387

  Dinsmore, Robert C ^a,b   Calton, William C ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADHESION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032918309     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000313489906500421     Document Type: Article

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