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Surgical sutures

Known as: Suturing, SUTURES, Suture 
Materials used in closing a surgical or traumatic wound. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
National Institutes of Health

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CatgutClosure by sutureFASTENER, FIXATION, NONDEGRADABLE, SOFT TISSUEMicrobiological

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SUTURE, ABSORBABLESUTURE, NONABSORBABLE, SILKSUTURE, SURGICAL, ABSORBABLE, POLYDIOXANONESUTURE, SURGICAL, NONABSORBABLE, EXPANDED, POLYTETRAFLOUROETHYLENE

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2012
Review
2012
Targeted polymeric therapeutic nanoparticles: design, development and clinical translation.
Polymeric materials have been used in a range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products for more than 40 years. These… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Silk as a Biomaterial.
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2005
Review
2005
The application of polyhydroxyalkanoates as tissue engineering materials.
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2003
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2003
Silk-based biomaterials.
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2003
Review
2003
Recent developments in ring opening polymerization of lactones for biomedical applications.
Aliphatic polyesters prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactones are now used worldwide as bioresorbable devices in… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The manufacturing techniques of various drug loaded biodegradable poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) devices.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A comparison of suture repair with mesh repair for incisional hernia.
BACKGROUND Incisional hernia is an important complication of abdominal surgery. Procedures for the repair of these hernias with… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization. Study of Wound Infection and Temperature Group.
BACKGROUND Mild perioperative hypothermia, which is common during major surgery, may promote surgical-wound infection by… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
SYMPTOMATIC OCCULT HYDROCEPHALUS WITH "NORMAL" CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID PRESSURE.A TREATABLE SYNDROME.
THE term hydrocephalus refers to distention of the cerebral ventricles, usually as the result of obstruction somewhere along the… 
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