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From: Use of Internal Bioabsorbable PLGA "Finger-Type" Stents in a Rabbit Tracheal Reconstruction Model
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Photograph of an 80:20 poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) 270° "finger-like" internal tracheal stent: fiber diameter, 0.4 mm; outer diameter, 6.0 mm; and length, 2.0 cm.
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From: Use of Internal Bioabsorbable PLGA "Finger-Type" Stents in a Rabbit Tracheal Reconstruction Model
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Scanning electron micrograph of the surface of an 80:20 poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) internal finger stent.
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From: Use of Internal Bioabsorbable PLGA "Finger-Type" Stents in a Rabbit Tracheal Reconstruction Model
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Change in compressive modulus for an 80:20 poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) internal finger stent vs time in buffer solution.
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From: Use of Internal Bioabsorbable PLGA "Finger-Type" Stents in a Rabbit Tracheal Reconstruction Model
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Average mass (normalized to initial dry mass) and average amount of glycolic acid (GA) and lactic acid (LA) released into solution for 80:20 poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) internal stents (n = 3) vs time in buffer solution.
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From: Use of Internal Bioabsorbable PLGA "Finger-Type" Stents in a Rabbit Tracheal Reconstruction Model
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Average stenosis for each control rabbit as measured by the balloon catheter method during routine bronchoscopic examinations (n = 5 measurements, except for animals that died prematurely: rabbit 3 [n = 1], rabbit 7 [n = 2], and rabbit 9 [n = 3]).
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From: Use of Internal Bioabsorbable PLGA "Finger-Type" Stents in a Rabbit Tracheal Reconstruction Model
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Average stenosis for each internal stent rabbit as measured by the balloon catheter method during routine bronchoscopic examinations (n = 3 measurements for rabbits 61, 62, 68, 70, and 72, and n = 2 measurements for rabbits 63, 64, 66, 69, and 71; rabbit 65 [n = 2] and rabbit 67 [n = 1] died prematurely).
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From: Use of Internal Bioabsorbable PLGA "Finger-Type" Stents in a Rabbit Tracheal Reconstruction Model
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Left, Histological cross section of a reconstructed trachea from a control rabbit. Right, Histological cross section of a reconstructed trachea from an internally stented rabbit.
Date of download: 9/22/2017
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