Functional and morphological evaluation of a low-weight, monofilament polypropylene mesh for hernia repair

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-136

  Klinge, U ^a,c   Junge, K ^a   Stumpf, M ^a   Ottinger A P ^a   Klosterhalfen, B ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b German Centre of Excellence for Biomaterial and Implant Pathology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Monofilament; Polypropylene; Surgical mesh; Tissue response

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ACTIVATION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYPROPYLENE; BIOMATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOCYTE; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RAT; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TECHNOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THIN FILAMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; STANDARD; WISTAR RAT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HERNIA; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POLYPROPYLENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL MESH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036209716     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10119     Document Type: Article

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