BACKGROUND Capsule endoscopy(CE)is a pivotal diagnostic tool for gastrointestinal(GI)disorders,yet capsule retention poses a significant risk,especially in patients with known risk factors.The patency capsule(PC)helps...
supported by the Young and Middle-Aged Key Personnel Training Project of the Fujian Provincial Health Commission(No.2019-ZQN-62);the Fujian Provincial Finance Project(No.BPB-TSX2021).
Although microsurgical vasoepididymostomy(MVE)is an effective treatment for epididymal obstructive azoospermia,some patients may experience delayed patency or suboptimal semen parameters after patency.However,research...
supported by the National Heart,Lung,and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award(No.R01HL157077).
Implantable cardiovascular devices have revolutionized the management of cardiovascular diseases,significantly enhancing patients’quality of life.With the increasing demand of cardiac implantable electronic devices,t...
Objective:Bladder neck contracture and vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis are difficult to manage endoscopically,and open repair is associated with high rates of incontinence.In recent years,there have been increasin...
funding support received from the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering,and the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences grant UL1TR002345 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the NIH,DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Discovery Award(HT94252310022 to Li and Sacks);Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program Idea Development Award(W81XWH-22-1-0785 to Li);NIH R01HL168513(Li).
Sutureless anastomotic devices present several advantages over traditional suture anastomosis,including expanded global access to microvascular surgery,shorter operation and ischemic times,and reduced costs.However,th...
supported by the Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81830055);National Natural Science Foundation of China(82001966);Outstanding Scientist Project of Chongqing(cstc2022ycjh-bgzxm0186);Special Funding for Postdoctoral Research of Chongqing(2021XM1020).
Small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts(sdTEVGs)have garnered significant attention as a potential treatment modality for vascular bypass grafting and replacement therapy.However,the intimal hyperplasia and t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)projects 81921004(D.K.),82127808(D.K.),32222043(K.W.),82250610231(A.C.M.);National Key R&D Program of China 2022YFA1105102(K.W.);Tianjin Natural Science Foundation 20JCYBJC01150(K.W.);Tianjin Natural Science Foundation 18JCZDJC37600(K.W.);NCC Fund NCC2020PY18(K.W.);Tianjin"Project+Team"Key Training Foundation XC202035(K.W.).
Vascular regeneration and patency maintenance,without anticoagulant administration,represent key developmental trends to enhance small-diameter vascular grafts(SDVG)performance.In vivo engineered autologous biotubes h...
The authors graciously acknowledge professor Deling Kong's lab for their assistance with the animal experiments.This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(T2288101,32000968,32071359,11827803,and U20A20390);Beijing Natural Science Foundation(M22026);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,and 111 Project(B13003).
The development of small-diameter vascular grafts that can meet the long-term patency required for implementation in clinical practice presents a key challenge to the research field.Although techniques such as the bra...
supported by grants from the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan Project (20Y11907600);National Natural Science Foundation of China (82001530);Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology (SLMA-014);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA16020701).
Patients with congenital unilateral absence of the vas deferens(CUAVD)manifest diverse symptoms from normospermia to azoospermia.Treatment for CUAVD patients with obstructive azoospermia(OA)is complicated,and there is...