Creep Behavior of Commonly Used Suture Materials in Abdominal Wall Surgery

Nout, Erik; Lange, Johan F.; Salu, Nathalie E.; Wijsmuller, Arthur R.; Hop, Wim C.J.; Goossens, Richard H.M.; Snijders, Chris J.; Jeekel, Johannes; Kleinrensink, Gerrit-Jan

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2006.06.001

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Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 51-55, March 2007

Creep Behavior of Commonly Used Suture Materials in Abdominal Wall Surgery

Erik Nout, M.D.
- Department of Neurosciences – Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Lowlands Institute of Surgical and applied Anatomy (LISA)—Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Johan F. Lange, M.D., Ph.D.
- Lowlands Institute of Surgical and applied Anatomy (LISA)—Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Surgery—MCRZ, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of General Surgery—Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nathalie E. Salu, M.Sc.
- Department of Neurosciences – Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Lowlands Institute of Surgical and applied Anatomy (LISA)—Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Arthur R. Wijsmuller, M.Sc.
- Department of General Surgery—Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Wim C.J. Hop, Ph.D.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics—Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Richard H.M. Goossens, Ph.D.
- Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering—Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Chris J. Snijders, Ph.D.
- Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology—Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Johannes Jeekel, M.D., Ph.D.
- Department of General Surgery—Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Gerrit-Jan Kleinrensink, Ph.D.
- Department of Neurosciences – Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Lowlands Institute of Surgical and applied Anatomy (LISA)—Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at Department of Neuroscience/Lowlands Institute of Surgical and Applied Anatomy, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.