Prospective histologic evaluation of intra-abdominal prosthetics four months after implantation in a rabbit model

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1170-1174

  Harrell, Andrew G ^a   Novitsky, Yuri W ^a   Cristiano, Joseph A ^a   Gersin, Keith S ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; ePTFE; Hernia; Histology; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CELLULOSE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MARLEX; POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SCALE UP; SCAR FORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE INTERACTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 34347379520     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9147-y     Document Type: Article

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