CAPROSYN*, another major advance in synthetic monofilament absorbable suture

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 359-368

  Pineros Fernandez, Angela ^a   Drake, David B ^a   Rodeheaver, Pamela A ^a   Moody, Deborah L ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a   Rodeheaver, George T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbable; BIOSYN*; CAPROSYN*; CHROMIC GUT; Enzymatic degradation; Ester linkage; Hydrolysis; Infection potentiation; Knot rundown; Knot security; MAXON*; Monofilament; Subcuticular; Suture stiffness; Tissue drag; Wound security

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; POLYESTERS; TISSUE;

6211; CAPROSYN; POLYGLYTONE; SUTURE; TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE;

HEALTH CARE;

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; BIOSYN; CHROMIC CATGUT; COPOLYMER; MAXON; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE; TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOSYN TERPOLYMER; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; POLYGLYTONE 6211; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; RAT; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CARE; ANIMAL; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEEDLE; RABBIT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUTURE; SYNTHESIS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIOXANES; FEMALE; NEEDLES; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUTURES;

EID: 6344254422     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v14.i5.30     Document Type: Article

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