Fibrous encapsulation of single polymer microfibers depends on their vertical dimension in subcutaneous tissue

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1181-1187

  Sanders, J E ^a   Rochefort, J R ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrous capsule thickness; Implant; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COLLAGEN; ENCAPSULATION; FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYPROPYLENES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

MICROFIBERS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER; FIBER MAJOR AXIS LENGTH; FIBER MINOR AXIS LENGTH; GEOMETRY; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMER MICROFIBER; PREDICTION; PROCESS MODEL; RAT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0346123062     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.20027     Document Type: Article

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