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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2018 Feb 2;69:313–322. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.01.033

Figure 3.

Figure 3

A) Images of particles dislodged during suturing for both PEG(3.4k)DA and PEG(3.4k)DA-NVP hydrogel compositions. Black arrows indicate dislodged particles. B) Effect of incorporating NVP into 10% PEGDA hydrogels on suture damage resistance. C) Defect tolerance assessed by fracture toughness. D) Correlation of reduced particle generation during suturing with increasing fracture toughness. All data represents average ± standard deviation of n=6. The * represents a significant difference between groups with and without NVP (p<0.05).