Abstract:Summary. In a randomized study in 20 male Wistar rats a defect in the abdominal wall, 3 x 4 cm in size, was covered wit Lyodura and Lyodura soft. Eleven transplants (55 %) showed primary healing. One animal died as a result of infection and a burst abdomen. The animals were killed after 3 months. The tensile strength of the wounds treated with Lyodura soft and showing primary healing was three times that of the wounds closed with normal dura (median : 10.9 N/3.6 N). Both kinds have proved good histological com… Show more
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