Prospective evaluation of adhesion formation and shrinkage of intra-abdominal prosthetics in a rabbit model

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 808-813

  Harrell, Andrew G ^a   Novitsky, Yuri W ^a   Peindl, Richard D ^a   Cobb, William S ^a   Austin, Catherine E ^a   Cristiano, Joseph A ^a   Norton, James H ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a,b  

^a Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; CELLULOSE; POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE; BIOMATERIAL; FLUOROCARBON;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; ADHESION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RABBIT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; HERNIA, VENTRAL; LAPAROSCOPY; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 33750138263     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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