Comparative study of physical properties of three suture materials: Silk, e-PTFE (Gore-Tex)®, and PLA/PGA (Vicryl)®

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Charbit, Yves ^a,c   Hitzig, Claude ^a   Bolla, Marc ^a   Bitton, Chantal ^d   Bertrand, Marie France ^b  

^a Dental School   (France)

^b Restorative Dentistry   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis Pôle Univ Saint Jean d'Angely Department of Periodontology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SILK; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

KNOT SLIPPAGE; KNOT TENSILE STRENGTH; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; SUTURE MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIALS;

POLITEF; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIAL STATE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SILK; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0032972157     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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