Suture characteristics following incubation in synovial fluid or phosphate buffered saline

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-248

  Field, John R ^a   Stanley, Richard M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorbable; Mechanical characteristics; Suture

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; BIOMATERIAL; BUFFER; PHOSPHATE; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1242293070     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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