Biomechanical and histological evaluation of abdominal wall compliance with intraperitoneal onlay mesh implants in rabbits: A comparison of six different state-of-the-art meshes

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 806-816

  Konerding, M A ^a   Chantereau, P ^b   Delventhal, V ^a   Holste, J L ^b   Ackermann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Compliance plunger; Repair tissue; Test mesh implant; Wall hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CELL TURNOVER; COMPLIANCE-PLUNGER; COMPOSITE MESH; ETHICON; FOREIGN BODY REACTIONS; HIGHER LOADS; HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION; INTRAPERITONEAL; MORPHOMETRY; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; RABBIT MODELS; REPAIR-TISSUE; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT; WALL-HERNIA;

REPAIR; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULOSE; COLLAGEN; GLYCEROL; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; POLIGLECAPRONE; POLITEF; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL COMPLIANCE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANT; INTRAPERITONEAL ONLAY MESH IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ADHESION; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIOXANES; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864564028     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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