Mechanical properties of coagulated albumin and failure mechanisms of liver repaired with the use of an argon-beam coagulator with albumin

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 722-728

  Moffitt, T P ^a   Baker, D A ^a   Kirkpatrick, S J ^a   Prahl, S A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon enhanced electrocautery (AEC); Liver trauma; Solder; Tissue welding

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; PROTEINS; SHEARING; SOLDERING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HEMOSTASIS;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALBUMIN; ALBUMINOID; BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TREATMENT; HEMOSTASIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SHEAR STRESS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDING; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SWINE;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MATERIALS TESTING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SUS SCROFA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036435283     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10389     Document Type: Article

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