1. Leupron Depot is a product of Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Japan for drug delivery purposes
2. A new absorbable suture
3. Dexon and Vicry are products of Davis & Geek Corporation (Wayne, NJ) and Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ), respectively
4. Preparation and properties of absorbable fibres from l-lactide copolymers
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