Experimental comparison of monofile light and heavy polypropylene meshes: Less weight does not mean less biological response

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1586-1591

  Weyhe, Dirk ^a   Schmitz, Inge ^b   Belyaev, Orlin ^a   Grabs, Robert ^a   Müller, Klaus Michael ^b   Uhl, Waldemar ^a   Zumtobel, Volker ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 33748863170     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0601-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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