Suture retention strength of expanded polytetraf luoroethylene (ePTFE) graft

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Mine, Yoshinari ^a   Mitsui, Hideya ^a   Oshima, Yu ^b   Noishiki, Yasuharu ^c   Nakai, Mikizo ^d   Sano, Shunji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NEW TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomotic strength; Eptfe; Suture retention strength

Indexed keywords

ANAS;

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77952295798     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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