Maximum forces acting on the abdominal wall: Experimental validation of a theoretical modeling in a human cadaver study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 789-792

  Konerding, Moritz A ^a   Bohn, Michael ^a   Wolloscheck, Tanja ^a   Batke, Boris ^b   Holste, Jörg L ^b   Wohlert, Stephen ^b   Trzewik, Jürgen ^b   Förstemann, Thorsten ^c   Hartung, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^c European Competence Center of Healthcare Engineering   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal pressure; Abdominal wall; Linea alba; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGH INCIDENCE; HUMAN CADAVER; INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURES; LINEA ALBA; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

BIOMECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

STRESSES;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FASCIA; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959503608     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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