Influence of the structure of new generation prostheses on shrinkage after implant in the abdominal wall

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 340-346

  Bellon J M ^a   Garcia Honduvilla N ^a   Rodriguez M ^a   Pascual, G ^a   Gomez Gil V ^a   Bujan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite; Prostheses; PTFE; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROSTHETICS; SHRINKAGE; TENSILE TESTING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PROSTHETIC SHRINKAGE; WOUND HEALING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BIOMATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RABBIT; WOUND CONTRACTION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FIBROBLASTS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746718108     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30493     Document Type: Article

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