Retrieval study at 623 human mesh explants made of polypropylene - Impact of mesh class and indication for mesh removal on tissue reaction

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1393-1399

  Klosterhalfen, B ^a   Klinge, U ^b  

^a Hosp Duren Gemeinnutzige GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

foreign body reaction; hernia surgery; medical device; mesh

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COLLAGEN; MESH GENERATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POLYPROPYLENES; TISSUE;

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; FOREIGN BODY REACTIONS; HEALING PROCESS; INTER-INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MESH; MESH STRUCTURES; TISSUE REACTIONS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN; POLYPROPYLENE; BIOMATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEALING; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MESH; TISSUE REACTION; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; INFLAMMATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TEXTILE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COHORT STUDIES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL MESH; TEXTILES;

EID: 84886533075     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32958     Document Type: Article

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