Early tissue incorporation and collagen deposition in lightweight polypropylene meshes: bioassay in an experimental model of ventral hernia

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-435

  Pascual, Gemma ^a   Rodríguez, Marta ^a   Gomez Gil, Verónica ^a   García Honduvilla, Natalio ^a   Buján, Julia ^a   Bellón, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; HERNIA, VENTRAL; MALE; POLYPROPYLENES; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 49249116917     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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