Vacuum effects over the closing of enterocutaneous fistulae: A mathematical modeling approach

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 281-296

  Cattoni, D I ^a,b   Chara, O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Fisica de Liquidos y Sistemas Biologicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Elastic modulus; Fistula; Low pressure; Mathematical model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; VACUUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VACUUM;

FISTULA;

EID: 38049025854     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9258-1     Document Type: Article

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