New measurements to compare soft tissue anchoring systems in pelvic floor surgery

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 100 B, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 924-933

  Staat, Manfred ^a   Trenz, Eva ^a   Lohmann, Philipp ^a   Frotscher, Ralf ^a,b   Klinge, Uwe ^b   Tabaza, Ruth ^b   Kirschner Hermanns, Ruth ^b  

^a AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anchor; mesh; photoelasticity; pull out strength; PVDF; soft tissue surrogate

Indexed keywords

ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS; ANCHORAGE SYSTEMS; ANCHORING SYSTEMS; ANCHORINGS; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY; LOADING CONDITION; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MESH; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTIMISATIONS; PULL-OUT STRENGTH; PVDF; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SURGICAL TREATMENT; TEST SYSTEMS;

ANCHORS; PHOTOELASTICITY; STABILITY; SURGERY;

TISSUE;

GELATIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESH SLING; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; SHEAR STRESS; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GELATIN; HUMANS; LIGHT; PELVIC FLOOR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYPROPYLENES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TENSILE STRENGTH; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84859622290     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32654     Document Type: Article

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