Biodegradation of absorbable sutures in body fluids and pH buffers

European Surgical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 376-385

  Freudenberg, S ^a,b   Rewerk, S ^a   Kaess, M ^a   Weiss, Christel ^a   Dorn Beinecke, A ^a   Post, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b St Marien Krankenhaus Siegen gem GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption; Bile; Buffers; Hydrolysis; Sutures, absorbable; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; BUFFER; MAXON; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLECAPRONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYGLYCOLIDE CO TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE CO DIOXANONE; SUTURE MATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BILE; BIODEGRADATION; BODY FLUID; ELASTICITY; FUNCTION TEST; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE FLUID; PANCREAS JUICE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH JUICE; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 10844290694     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081648     Document Type: Article

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