Seprafilm® reduces adhesions to polypropylene mesh and increases peritoneal hydroxyproline

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 759-761

  Altuntas, Irfan ^a   Tarhan, Omer ^a   Delibas, Namik ^a   Cetin, Recep ^a   Sutcu, Recep ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; HYDROXYPROLINE; POLYPROPYLENE; HYALURONIC ACID; SEPRAFILM;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADHESION; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM; RAT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; PERITONEUM; POLYPROPYLENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0036729354     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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