Influence of hernioplastic implants on male fertility in rats

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 435-440

  Kolbe, T ^a   Lechner, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hernia repair; Hernioplastic implant; Male fertility; Rat

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; RATS; SHRINKAGE;

DUCTUS DEFERENS; HERNIA REPAIR; HERNIOPLASTIC IMPLANTS; MALE FERTILITY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RAT; SPERMATIC CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYPROPYLENES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIC CORD; SURGICAL MESH; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 34247608649     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30681     Document Type: Article

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