Influence of suture material and suture technique on collagen fibril diameters in midline laparotomies

European Surgical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 359-367

  Höer, Jörg ^a   Anurov, M ^b   Titkova, S ^b   Klinge, U ^a   Tons C ^a   Ottinger A ^b   Schumpelick, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b youth and tourism   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Collagen ultrastructure; Suture material; Suture technique; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; COLLAGEN FIBER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCISION; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYPROPYLENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034484894     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052218     Document Type: Article

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