A non-biological model system to simulate the in vivo mechanical behavior of prosthetic meshes

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 305-315

  Rohrnbauer B ^a   Mazza, E ^b  

^a Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biaxial tension; In vivo behavior; Mechanical properties; Mesh matrix interaction; Prosthetic mesh

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS; BIAXIAL TENSIONS; ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MESH MATRIX INTERACTION; STIFFNESS PARAMETERS; TESTING CONFIGURATIONS;

ANIMALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

PROSTHETICS;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANT; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC MESH; RIGIDITY; TENSION; THICKNESS;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL MESH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84875903397     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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