Investigation of the expansion properties of osmotic expanders with and without silicone shell in animals

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 590-595

  Anwander, Thomas ^a   Schneider, Michael ^b   Gloger, Wolfram ^b   Reich, Rudolf H ^b   Appel, Thorsten ^b   Martini, Markus ^b   Wenghoefer, Matthias ^b   Merkx, M ^b   Bergé, Stefaan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 VINYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; COPOLYMER; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; IMPLANT; LASER; MEASUREMENT; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SKIN EXPANSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OSMOSIS; SILICONES; SWINE; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 34547863872     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000270297.58498.18     Document Type: Article

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