Medical textiles: Application of an absorbable barbed bi-directional surgical suture

Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Dattilo Jr , Philip P ^a   King, Martin W ^a   Cassill, Nancy L ^a   Leung, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Quill Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbed suture; Biotextiles; Medical textiles; Surgical suture; Sutures

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449093708     PISSN: 15330915     EISSN: 15330915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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