Effect of preservation methods on the performance of bovine pericardium graft in a rat model

• Main Authors: Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Yagoub Mohamed, Abdel Hafeez, Mohamad Yusof, Loqman, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin, Yusof, Norimah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Verlag GmbH 2007
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17951/1/Effect%20of%20preservation%20methods%20on%20the%20performance%20of%20bovine%20pericardium%20graft%20in%20a%20rat%20model.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17951/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This study investigates the effect of preservation methods on the performance of bovine parietal pericardium grafts in a rat model. Mid-ventral full thickness abdominal wall defects of 3x2.5 cm in size were created in 90 male Sprague-Dawley rats (300-400 g), which were divided into three groups of 3...