Time-dependent changes in biomechanical properties of four different synthetic materials in a rabbit model and the importance in respect to sling surgery

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 456-461

  Atmaca, Ali Fuat ^a,c   Şerefoǧlu, Ege Can ^a   Eroǧlu, Muzaffer ^b   Gürdal, Mesut ^a   Metin, Ahmet ^b   Kayigil, Önder ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Sling surgery; Synthetic materials; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VYPRO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANT; MATERIALS TESTING; MESH SLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; INFLAMMATION; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 57649128470     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167847     Document Type: Article

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