Poly(l-lactide): a long-term degradation study in vivo

Polylactic Acid for Surgical Implants

R. K. Kulkarni · Archives of Surgery · 1966 · 836 citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Surgery +16

Degradation rates of oral resorbable implants (polylactates and polyglycolates): Rate modification with changes in PLA/PGA copolymer ratios

Robert A. Miller, John M. Brady, Duane E. Cutright · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research · 1977 · 714 citations

Natural Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biocompatibility +14

Further studies of polymers as carcinogenic agents in animals.

PubMed · 1955 · 353 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Toxicology +16

The latent period in carcinogenesis by plastics in rats and its relation to the presarcomatous stage

B. S. Oppenheimer, Enid T. Oppenheimer, Arthur Purdy Stout et al. · Cancer · 1958 · 227 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +12

Changes in nonosseous tissue adjacent to titanium implants

G. Meachim, David Williams · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research · 1973 · 219 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +13