Electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffold for suture-free solder-mediated laser-assisted vessel repair

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Pabittei, Dara R ^a   Heger, Michal ^a   Balm, Ron ^a   Meijer, Han E H ^b   De Mol, Bas ^a,b   Beek, Johan F ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CAPROLACTONE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHROMOPHORE CONCENTRATIONS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DIODE LASERS; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBER DIAMETERS; IN-VITRO; LASER-ASSISTED; LIQUID SOLDERS; METHYLENE BLUE; POLY LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID; REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS; SCAFFOLD THICKNESS;

BODY FLUIDS; CHROMOPHORES; DEGRADATION; REINFORCEMENT; SOLDERING;

SCAFFOLDS;

CAPROLACTONE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; LACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; SWINE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HEXANOIC ACIDS; LACTIC ACID; LACTONES; LASERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SWINE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78650879559     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2779     Document Type: Article

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