Tensile strength and host response towards silk and type I polypropylene implants used for augmentation of fascial repair in a rat model

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-162

  Spelzini, Federico ^a,b   Konstantinovic, Maja L ^a   Guelinckx, Isabelle ^a   Verbist, Godelieve ^b   Verbeken, Erik ^a   De Ridder, Dirk ^b   Deprest, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biomaterials; Fascia defect; Pelvic organ prolapse; Polypropylene; Silk

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; PROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FASCIA RECONSTRUCTION; FOREIGN BODY; GIANT CELL; HERNIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL MESH; TENSILE STRENGTH; UTERINE PROLAPSE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34047167541     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096893     Document Type: Article

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