Adhesion formation: Intraperitoneal catheters in surgical practice

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-43

  Zografos, George C ^a   Simeonidis, Kreon M ^a   Parasi, Aikaterini S ^a   Messaris, Evangelos G ^a   Menenakos, Evangelos E ^a   Dontas, Ismene A ^a   Marti, Kiriaki C ^a   Androulakis, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catheters; Intraperitoneal adhesions; Polymeric materials; Polyurethane; Polyvinyl chloride; Silicone; Teflon

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILICONES;

EID: 0036208509     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941930252807778     Document Type: Article

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