Long-term anisotropic mechanical response of surgical meshes used to repair abdominal wall defects

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 257-271

  Hernandez Gascon B ^a,b   Pena E ^a,b   Pascual, G ^b,c   Rodriguez M ^b,c   Bellon J M ^b,c   Calvo, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomechanical response; Hernia repair; Mesh repair; Partial hernia; Polypropylene prostheses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; HEALTHY TISSUES; IN-CONTROL; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL TESTS; MESH REPAIR; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; PARTIAL HERNIA; SURGICAL MESHES;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; DEFECTS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; POLYPROPYLENES; REPAIR; THERMOPLASTICS; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLAGEN; POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; POROSITY; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81455154342     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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