Tissue attachment strength of prosthetic meshes used in ventral and incisional hernia repair: A study in the New Zealand white rabbit adhesion model

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1542-1546

  LeBlanc, K A ^a,b   Bellanger, D ^a   Rhynes, K V ^a   Baker, D G ^c   Stout, R W ^c  

^a Surgical Specialty Group Inc   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Hernia; Incisional hernia repair; Polypropylene; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Rabbits; Ventral hernia repair

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIOPLASTY; INCISIONAL HERNIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RABBIT;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HERNIA; HERNIA, VENTRAL; PERITONEUM; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0036829866     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8271-y     Document Type: Article

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