Effect of human pancreatic juice and bile on the tensile strength of suture materials

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 200-203

  Muftuoglu, M A Tolga ^a   Ozkan, Erkan ^a   Saglam, Abdullah ^a  

^a Fourth General Surgical Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bile; Pancreatic juice; Suture materials

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC CATGUT; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BILE; DEVICE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MEASUREMENT; PANCREAS JUICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BILE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATGUT; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; MATERIALS TESTING; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC JUICE; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 3142728476     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.068     Document Type: Article

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