Carcinogenic potential of commonly used hernia repair prostheses in an experimental model

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-372

  Witherspoon, P ^a   Bryson, G ^a   Wright, D M ^a   Reid, R ^a   O'Dwyer, P J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SARCOMA;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HERNIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

EID: 1642359980     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4462     Document Type: Article

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