Background Polyglactin(PG)and polydioxanone(PDS)sutures are extensively used based on the surgeon's preference.The development of post-reconstruction urethrocutaneous fistula(UCF)is variably attributed to the choice o...
The authors also gratefully acknowledge funding from the Australian Research Council(IC170100061)through the Centre for Personalised Therapeutics Technologies,and the Science-Industry PhD Fellowship from the Western Australia Department of Jobs,Tourism,Science and Innovation(awarded to B.S.H.).
Biopolymers play a critical role as scaffolds used in tendon and ligament(TL)regeneration.Although advanced biopolymer materials have been proposed with optimised mechanical properties,biocompatibility,degradation,and...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China[81970444];The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[2019PT350005];Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project[Z201100005420030];National high level talents special support plan[2020-RSW02];CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences[2021-I2M-1-065,2021-I2M-1-058];Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen[SZSM202011013];Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Tianjin[21JCJQJC00020].
Ventricular septal defect(VSD)is one of the commonest congenital heart diseases(CHDs).Current occluders for VSD treatment are mainly made of nitinol,which has the risk of nickel allergy,persistent myocardial abrasion ...
Biliary stricture is defined as the reduction and narrowing of the bile duct lumen, which can be caused by many factors such as cancer and inflammation. Biliary stent placement can effectively alleviate benign and mal...
The authors would like to thank Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,Shiraz,Iran and also Center for Development of Clinical Research of Nemazee Hospital and Dr.Nasrin Shokrpour for editorial assistance.
Objective:Hypospadias is a common congenital problem among male newborns.Both rapid absorbable sutures(polyglactin,Vicryl)and delayed absorbable sutures(polydioxanone,PDO)are used in hypospadias repair based on the su...
Supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT),No.2021R1G1A1008337;the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.
BACKGROUND Thread rhinoplasty can trigger a reaction to thread material,which is a foreign body.We compared clinical features induced by absorbable and non-absorbable threads following thread rhinoplasty.CASE SUMMARY ...
Biomedical Textile Materials Science and Technology(111 Project),China(No.B07024);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.H0106);Shanghai Pujiang Program,China(No.2015PJC0002)
The paper designed a bionic woven tracheal stent and the stent was a multi-layer tubular structure with a transverse pipeline.Polydioxanone( PDO) monofilament and β-hydroxybutyrate and β-hydroxyvalerate copolymers/p...
Key Project of Medicine,Shanghai Science and Technical Committee,China(No.10411953300)
Polydioxanone(PDS),one of the bioabsorbable materials for coronary stent,is catching eyes of researchers recently. When designing the geometry of the PDS coronary stent,the length and the height of the crown are quite...
Key Project of Medicine,Science and Technical Committee,China(No.10411953300)
Coronary stent is used to treat stenosis artery by recovering the luminal diameter of artery and maintaining the normal blood flow. The geometry of coronary stent is an important factor for the radial force. In this s...
Biodegradable polydioxanone stents were developed for the treatment of refractory benign esophageal strictures but have been suggested as a new therapeutic option for intestinal strictures.The primary advantage of bio...