Characterisation of clinical and newly fabricated meshes for pelvic organ prolapse repair

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-61

  Edwards, Sharon L ^a   Werkmeister, Jerome A ^a   Rosamilia, Anna ^b   Ramshaw, John A M ^a   White, Jacinta F ^a   Gargett, Caroline E ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burst strength; Flexural rigidity; Mesh; Multi axial; Pelvic organ prolapsed; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

BURST STRENGTH; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; MESH; MULTI-AXIAL; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSED;

FABRICATION; POLYPROPYLENES; REPAIR; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TESTING;

RIGIDITY;

GELATIN; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; MECHANICS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRENGTH; SURGICAL MESH; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; KETONES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NYLONS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84877333013     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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