Evaluation of PHBHHx and PHBV/PLA fibers used as medical sutures

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 561-571

  He, Yu ^a   Hu, Zhiwei ^b   Ren, Mengda ^a   Ding, Changkun ^c   Chen, Peng ^d   Gu, Qun ^d   Wu, Qiong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAPROATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84894489908     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-013-5073-4     Document Type: Article

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