Favorable Histologic Findings and Tensile Strength at 14 Years in Knitted Polyester Aortofemoral and Femoropopliteal Grafts in the Same Patient

Degradation of Polyesters in Medical Applications

“…The entire load is then transferred to the remaining neighbouring filaments of the yarn, which were finally snapped ( Figures 5 & 9). Other in vivo degradative phenomena reported were (Table 7) loss in bursting strength [73.74], yarn shifting [75], loss in cover factor [76], polymer degradation [12], dilation [13,62], loss in tensile strength [77], decreases in molecular weight and increases in end groups [37]. Table 7.…”