P J Doherty
Articles written in Bulletin of Materials Science
Volume 20 Issue 7 October 1997 pp 991-999
P D Nair P J Doherty D F Williams
Steam sterilization is conventionally used for the sterilization of materials used in surgery and medicine. When subjected to repeated steam sterilization, oligomers of polyethylene terephthalate are produced on the surface of the polyester materials. The consequences of the production of such oligomers on the biocompatibility of the polyester material have been investigated. Growth inhibition of L929 fibroblast cells has been observed on the repeatedly sterilized materials in the
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