A lightweight, partially absorbable mesh (Ultrapro) for endoscopic hernia repair: Experimental biocompatibility results obtained with a porcine model

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1100-1106

  Schug Pass C ^a   Tamme, C ^a   Sommerer, F ^b   Tannapfel, A ^b   Lippert, H ^c   Kockerling F ^a  

^a Hanover Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Endoscopic hernia repair; Experimental study; Inguinal hernia; Mesh

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MARKER; POLIGLECAPRONE; POLYPROPYLENE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL VOLUME; DOMESTIC PIG; ELASTICITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TURNOVER TIME; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERNIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LAPAROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; SURGICAL MESH; SWINE;

EID: 42149134220     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9585-1     Document Type: Article

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