Local Delivery of Growth Factors Using Coated Suture Material

<table>Except in the uncoated group in the region of the anastomosis at day three and day seven, necroses were seen rarely. Especially the coating and the applied IGF-I did not cause any side effects which lead to disturbance of the surrounding tissue at any time point. </table>

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Figure 7: Local Delivery of Growth Factors Using Coated Suture Material 