First investigation of spider silk as a braided microsurgical suture

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 97 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 381-387

  Kuhbier, Joern W ^a   Reimers, Kerstin ^a   Kasper, Cornelia ^b   Allmeling, Christina ^a   Hillmer, Anja ^a   Menger, Björn ^a   Vogt, Peter M ^a   Radtke, Christine ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomaterials; microsurgery; microsuture; Nephila; spider silk

Indexed keywords

AXONAL OUTGROWTH; MAXIMUM LOAD; MICROSURGERY; MICROSUTURE; NEPHILA; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE REPAIR; PILOT STUDIES; POLY GLYCOLIC ACID; SCHWANN CELLS; SPIDER DRAGLINE SILK; SPIDER SILK; SPIDER SILK FIBERS; SPIDER SILKS; STRESS-STRAIN;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; END EFFECTORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEURONS; POLYAMIDES; RAYON; SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SILK;

NYLON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; SILK; SPIDER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGERY; PILOT PROJECTS; SILK; SPIDERS; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYAMIDES; RAYON; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79953794326     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31825     Document Type: Article

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