Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 51-55 , March 2007

Creep Behavior of Commonly Used Suture Materials in Abdominal Wall Surgery

  • Erik Nout, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • 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.

      Affiliations

    • 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.

      Affiliations

    • 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.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery—Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Wim C.J. Hop, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics—Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Richard H.M. Goossens, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering—Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Chris J. Snijders, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology—Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Johannes Jeekel, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery—Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Gerrit-Jan Kleinrensink, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • 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
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo 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.

Received 8 September 2005

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PII: S0022-4804(06)00310-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.06.001

Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 51-55 , March 2007

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