Tensile properties of commonly used prolapse meshes

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 847-853

  Jones, Keisha A ^a   Feola, Andrew ^b   Meyn, Leslie ^a   Abramowitch, Steven D ^a,b   Moalli, Pamela A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesh; Polypropylene; Prolapse

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLAPSE MESH; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE GRAFT; WEIGHT;

EID: 67849121869     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0781-x     Document Type: Article

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