Relationship between fibril length and tissue ingrowth in the healing of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 685-689

  Hazama, Kazuaki ^a   Miura, Hidehiko ^a   Shimada, Toshifumi ^a   Okuda, Yasuhiro ^b   Murashita, Toshifumi ^a   Nishibe, Toshiya ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft; Fibril length; Healing

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FIBER; GRAFT PATENCY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POLITEF IMPLANT; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4043112084     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2774-9     Document Type: Article

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