Experimental evaluation of a new layered prosthesis exhibiting a low tensile modulus of elasticity: Long-term integration response within the rat abdominal wall

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 409-415

  Ferrando, José M ^a   Vidal, José ^a   Armengol, Manuel ^a   Gil, Javier ^b   Manero, José M ^b   Huguet, Pedro ^a   Segarra, Alfonso ^a   Quiles, María T ^a   Schwartz, Simón ^a   Arbós i Via, María A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; POLITEF; BIOMATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANIMAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HERNIA, VENTRAL; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036547060     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0240-z     Document Type: Article

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