Long-term histologic response to synthetic and biologic graft materials implanted in the vagina and abdomen of a rabbit model

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546.e1-546.e8

  Pierce, Lisa M ^a   Rao, Arundhati ^a   Baumann, Shannon S ^a   Glassberg, Jocylen E ^a   Kuehl, Thomas J ^a   Muir, Tristi W ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biologic graft; pelvic organ prolapse; polypropylene mesh; porcine dermis; rabbit model; synthetic graft

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FOREIGN BODY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROTOMY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TISSUE GRAFT; VAGINA;

EID: 64249121696     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.12.040     Document Type: Article

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