Adhesion prophylaxis using a copolymer with rationally designed material properties

Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Rajab, Taufiek Konrad ^a,b   Wallwiener, Christian Wilhelm ^a   Brochhausen, Christoph ^c   Hierlemann, Helmut ^d   Kraemer, Bernhard ^a   Wallwiener, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Centre of Excellence on Biomaterials and Organ Replacement   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; DEXTRO,LEVO POLYLACTIDE EPSILON CAPROLACTONETRIMETHYLENECARBONATE COPOLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUTURING METHOD;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYESTERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROUS MEMBRANE; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TOXICITY TESTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58349118437     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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