BACKGROUND Bovine pericardium collagen membrane (BPCM) had been widely used in guided bone regeneration (GBR) whose manufacturing process usually required chemical cross-linking to prolong its biodegradation. However, cross-linking of collagen fibrils was associated with poorer tissue integration and delayed vascular invasion. OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the potential of bovine cortical bo...

Surgical treatment of aortic and peripheral graft infections their prevention in case systemic infection requires the employment autologous material. If not available, other biological substitutes have been proposed. Among those, prefabricated bovine pericardium grafts (pBPGs) recently become commercially available for aorto-iliac reconstructions. Available literature on these prostheses is sca...