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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
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Clostridium difficile Infection and Colorectal Surgeries: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Reviews in Clinical Medicine
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a significant health-related infection rarely seen in colorectal patients after surgery. However, over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the incidence and severity of CDI.
Abbas Abdollahi, Ala Orafaie, Fatemeh Shahabi, Majid Ansari   +3 more
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3D‐Printed Gastrointestinal Stents: In Vivo Evaluation in a Swine Small Bowel Perforation Model

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gastrointestinal fistulae and perforations can lead to severe complications including sepsis and patient death. In this work, the efficacy of 3D‐printed gastrointestinal stents composed of poly‐lactic‐acid (PLA) was evaluated in an in vivo swine model.
Gweniviere Capron, Parinaz Fathi, Tor Wolf Jensen, Derek J. Milner, André J. van der Vlies, Regan L. Moody, Elizabeth A. Bangert, Blair Rowitz, Dipanjan Pan, Matthew B. Wheeler   +9 more
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Association between dietary fiber intake and gallstones among American adults: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Background Limited research has been conducted on the effects of dietary fiber (DF) intake on gallstones. We aimed to investigate the actual DF intake in a nationally representative sample in the United States (US) and explore its association with ...
Huimin Li, Ting Du, Changfeng Miao, Yuan Deng, Hongwei Tian, Wei Fang   +5 more
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Laparoscopy-Assisted Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision

Folia Medica, 2019
Background: Rectal cancer located in distal third still remains a technical challenge for surgeons. Transanal total mesorectal excision with laparoscopic assistance is quite new surgical approach for rectal cancer treatment that seems to solve some of ...
Penchev Dimitar K., Ivanov Plamen G., Mutafchiyski Ventzislav M.   +2 more
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Injectable Stimuli‐Responsive Amphiphilic Hydrogel for Rapid Hemostasis, Robust Tissue Adhesion, and Controlled Drug Delivery in Trauma and Surgical Care

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Fast‐acting hydrogel seals bleeding wounds as the illustrated injectable, pH‐responsive network rapidly gels in situ to stop hemorrhage, adhere strongly to wet tissue, and release antibiotics in a controlled, pH‐dependent manner. The material withstands high pressures, shows excellent biocompatibility, and degrades safely, offering a versatile platform
Arvind K. Singh Chandel, Runali Patil, Abrar Ali Khan, Deeksha Pandit, Kaushik Chatterjee, Maurice N. Collins   +5 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
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Problems in Colorectal Stapler Use [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2016
Introduction Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a broad term that describes the presence of gas in the bowel walls. The colon is affected in 36% of cases.
Abbas Abdollahi, Ghodratollah Maddah, Hosein Shabahang, Hamed Golmohammadzadeh   +3 more
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Food‐Based Edible Wireless Sensing Device with Isotropic Electromagnetic Response for Gastrointestinal Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A sensor is fabricated that reflects electromagnetic waves wirelessly using only edible materials. The substrate is made of edible materials such as sugar and starch, and the electrodes are made of gold. This sensor has isotropic electromagnetic wave characteristics in response to rotation.
Ryosuke Matsuda, Kentaro Tomita, Shion Miura, Michiyuki Satoh, Tetsuo Kan, Hiroaki Onoe   +5 more
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A comprehensive feature importance analysis of surgical site infection following colorectal cancer surgery

Scientific Reports
Surgical site infection (SSI) after colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery is still a significant healthcare issue. This study aimed to analyze risk factor associated with SSI.
Marzieh Rahimi, Majid Ansari, Abbas Abdollahi, Ahmad Gholinezhadan, Mohammadhossein Taherynezhad, Mahdieh Zarif-Sadeghian, Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei, Fatemeh Shahabi   +7 more
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