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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018

Investigation into the optimal prosthetic material for wound healing of abdominal wall defects.

Adem Akcakaya, Ibrahim Aydogdu, Bulent Citgez

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adem AkcakayaDepartment of General Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Ibrahim AydogduDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Bulent CitgezDepartment of General Surgery, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, 34371 Istanbul, Turkey.
Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi · TRŞişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this experimental study is to investigate and compare the effects of prosthetic materials used for wound healing of abdominal wall hernias. A total of 60 rats were divided into five equal groups: Group I, control subjected to laparotomy; group II, abdominal wall defect 3×2 cm+polypropylene (PP) mesh; group III, abdominal wall defect 3×2 cm+PP mesh+hyaluronate and carboxymethylcellulose (H-CMC; Seprafilm

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incisional herniameshprosthetic materialwound healing

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PMID29399133
PMCPMC5774541
OpenAlexW2769209576

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