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3D-printing techniques in a medical setting : a systematic literature review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Three-dimensional (3D) printing has numerous applications and has gained much interest in the medical world. The constantly improving quality of 3D-printing applications has contributed to their increased use on patients.
Annemans, Lieven, Gemmel, Paul, Tack, Philip, Victor, Jan   +3 more
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Assembly of Cell‐Seeded 3D Printed Hydrogel Modules with Perfusable Channel Networks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Macroscale assembly was utilized to prepare perfusable tissue constructs from individually 3D printed hydrogel modules with embedded branched channel networks and port arrays for cell seeding. Novel multi‐material bioreactors were fabricated to facilitate the gluing of individual modules and the perfusion culture of assembled modular constructs seeded ...
Zachary J. Geffert, Daniel Fougnier, Bo Van Durme, Jenna Grutzmacher, Ryan Clarke, Susan Cao, Zhenghao Li, Ujjwal Aryal, Jason A. Horton, Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Pranav Soman   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the real benefits of surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis without instability and spondylolisthesis: a single surgeon experience with a mean 8-year follow-up [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most commonly treated spinal disorders in older adults; despite its increasing frequency, it is not yet clear what the most effective therapy might be.
Caruso, Riccardo, Lanciano, Tiziana, Martines, Valentina, Paolini, Sergio, Pesce, Alessandro, Piccione, Emanuele, Wierzbicki, Venceslao   +6 more
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Design Strategies and Emerging Applications of High‐Performance Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

PLCG2 and IFNAR1: The Potential Biomarkers Mediated by Immune Infiltration and Osteoclast Differentiation of Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Peripheral Blood

Mediators of Inflammation
Objectives. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease characterized by chronic spinal inflammation, arthritis, gut inflammation, and enthesitis.
Bo Han, Qiaobo Xie, Weishi Liang, Peng Yin, Xianjun Qu, Yong Hai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Posterior surgical approach procedures for cervical myelopathy [PDF]

, 2015
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The main objective of this review is to assess the effects of laminectomy and fusion versus laminoplasty for multilevel cervical stenosis with myelopathy, on ...
Belloti, João Carlos, Kang, James D., Pohl, Pedro H.I., Radcliff, Kristen, Rodrigues, Luciano M., Tamaoki, Marcel Jun, Yurube, Takashi   +6 more
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Translational Considerations for Injectable Biomaterials and Bioscaffolds to Repair and Regenerate Brain Tissue

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
wiley   +1 more source

Polyethylene microplastics transported to nucleus pulposus cells via macrophages-derived exosomes, and promote intervertebral disc degeneration through NAT10/SLC7A11 and ac4C modification

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Background: Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) serves as the fundamental pathological basis for low back pain. Microplastics influence the organisms through exosomes-mediated communication.
Weilin Zhang, Kuize Liu, Zhencong Li, Dao Feng, Boyuan Zhou, Wei Zhao, Shengbang Huang, Zhiwen Dai, Jinguo Liang, Siyuan Chen, Yen Wei, Jinsong Wei   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Getting Ahead of the Curve: Screening and Early Detection of Scoliosis in Adolescents to Prevent Progression of Spinal Deformity [PDF]

, 2018
Scoliosis is a spinal deformity that affects approximately 7 million people in United States. The most common age of onset of idiopathic scoliosis is between 10-15 years old.
Saunders, Patrick
core   +1 more source

Treatment of the Fractional Curve of Adult Scoliosis With Circumferential Minimally Invasive Surgery Versus Traditional, Open Surgery: An Analysis of Surgical Outcomes. [PDF]

, 2018
Study Design:Retrospective, multicenter review of adult scoliosis patients with minimum 2-year follow-up. Objective:Because the fractional curve (FC) of adult scoliosis can cause radiculopathy, we evaluated patients treated with either circumferential ...
Anand, Neel, Chou, Dean, Deviren, Vedat, Eastlack, Robert, Fessler, Richard, Fu, Kai-Ming, International Spine Study Group, Kanter, Adam, La Marca, Frank, Mummaneni, Praveen, Mundis, Gregory, Nguyen, Stacie, Nunley, Pierce, Okonkwo, David, Park, Paul, Than, Khoi, Uribe, Juan, Wang, Michael, Zavatsky, Joseph   +18 more
core   +1 more source