Three-dimensional printing of bioactive hernia meshes: In vitro proof of principle

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1479-1481

  Ballard, David H ^a   Weisman, Jeffery A ^b   Jammalamadaka, Udayabhanu ^c   Tappa, Karthik ^c   Alexander, J Steven ^d   Griffen, F Dean ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERNIOPLASTY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION ZONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL MESH; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; ANIMAL; DEVICES; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84992365819     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.08.033     Document Type: Article

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