Application of Acellular Tissue Matrix for Enhancement of Weak Abdominal Wall in Animal Model

Table 3

Biomechanical data of rabbits implanted with polypropylene and ACTM after 24 weeks.

	Tensile stress (MPa)		Tensile strain (%)
	Polypropylene	ACTM	Polypropylene	ACTM
	14.05	11.22	43.32	67.22
	12.65	10.65	50.25	60.34
	12.88	11.05	46.98	66.22
	15.02	12.08	47.44	66.56
	14.76	12.21	49.06	59.02
	14.00	10.98	48.10	58.84
	13.52	11.14	50.80	70.05
	15.14	12.32	47.96	71.14
	15.04	12.20	48.23	68.43
	12.98	12.34	48.21	65.23
	12.90	11.76	41.22	55.92
	13.45	11.91	47.08	57.28
	14.22	11.02	49.19	59.11
	14.43	11.30	58.00	58.48
	15.28	12.01	43.09	63.98
Mean	14.021	11.613	47.929	63.188
SD	0.915	0.579	3.870	5.002
SE	0.236	0.149	0.999	1.292