Textile Analysis of Heavy Weight, Mid-Weight, and Light Weight Polypropylene Mesh in a Porcine Ventral Hernia Model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Cobb, William S ^a   Burns, Justin M ^a   Peindl, Richard D ^a   Carbonell, Alfredo M ^a   Matthews, Brent D ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biocompatible materials; foreign body reaction; hernia; materials testing; polypropylenes; surgical mesh; ventral

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; FASCIA; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TEXTILE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HERNIA, VENTRAL; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL MESH; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 33750330635     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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