Preliminary biocompatibility experiment of polymer films for laser-assisted tissue welding

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-223

  Sorg, Brian S ^a,b   Welch, Ashley J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin solder; Breaking strength; Diode laser; Poly(DL lactic co glycolic acid); Rat skin

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER;

ALBUMIN SOLDER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIODE LASER; FILM; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCISION; LASER ASSISTED TISSUE WELDING; LASER TISSUE SOLDERING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRENGTH; STUDENT T TEST; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LACTIC ACID; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037240372     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10156     Document Type: Article

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