Elevated temperature degradation of a 50: 50 copolymer of PLA-PGA

In vitro degradation studies of devices fabricated from polylactic acid (PLA) and polyglycolic acid (PGA) are usually performed at the physiologic 37°C and often take long periods of time to comple...

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