[Biodegradation of a PTFE prosthesis].
Processes of biodegradation of PTFE--as they were not seen before for this type of graft--are demonstrated by clinical examples. As it is possible to subsume these results to regularly described processes of incorporation of alloplastic material, it is to be expected that there will be more cases than those observed by us up to now.
Klinik für vaskuläre und endovaskuläre Chirurgie, DRK-Kliniken Mark Brandenburg Berlin.
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D000368:Aged; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene