Assessment of surgical sutures POLYMED® by intracutaneous irritation test in rabbits

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-102

  Simeonova, Rumyana ^a   Danchev, Nikolai ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Intracutaneous irritation test; Rabbit; Surgical sutures

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL; POLYAMIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; INTRACUTANEOUS IRRITATION INDEX 3; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MALE; NEEDLE; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; SYRINGE;

EID: 84892548479     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/intox-2013-0017     Document Type: Article

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