Structural and thermal properties of polypropylene mesh used in treatment of stress urinary incontinence

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 27-33

  Afonso, Jose S ^a   Jorge, Renato M N ^b   Martins, Pedro S ^b   Soldi, Marly Da S ^c   Alves, Oswaldo L ^d   Patricio, Belmiro ^b   Mascarenhas, Teresa ^b   Sartori, Marair G F ^a   Girao, Manoel J B C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Polypropylene mesh; Stiffness; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYPROPYLENES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL MESH; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 76149083297     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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