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Current and Future Cornea Chip Models for Advancing Ophthalmic Research and Therapeutics

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
This review analyzes cornea chip technology as an innovative solution to corneal blindness and tissue scarcity. The examination encompasses recent developments in biomaterial design and fabrication methods replicating corneal architecture, highlighting applications in drug screening and disease modeling while addressing key challenges in mimicking ...
Minju Kim, Kanghoon Choi, Amy Lin, Jungkyu Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge and Practice of Post-Operative Wound Infection Prevention among Nurses in the Surgical Unit of a Teaching Hospital in Nigeria [PDF]

, 2014
This study was carried out to determine the level of knowledge and practice of post operative wound infection prevention among nurses in the surgical unit of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife.
Bello, BG, Famakinwa, TT, Nwadike, RN, Okhiah, O, Oyeniran, YA   +4 more
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The Potential for Extracellular Vesicles in Nanomedicine: A Review of Recent Advancements and Challenges Ahead

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a dual role in diagnostics and therapeutics, offering innovative solutions for treating cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and orthopedic diseases. This review highlights EVs’ potential to revolutionize personalized medicine through specific applications in disease detection and treatment.
Farbod Ebrahimi, Anjali Kumari, Samaneh Ghadami, Saqer Al Abdullah, Kristen Dellinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors for infection at the saphenous vein harvest site after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Introduction Surgical site infection after saphenous vein harvest is common, with reported leg wound infection rates ranging from 2 to 24%. There have been few investigations into sex-related differences in complication rates. Moreover, varied effects of
Hanna Unosson, Maria Hälleberg Nyman, Karin Falk Brynhildsen, Örjan Friberg   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infecção latente de sítio cirúrgico: hipótese ou realidade?

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
OBJETIVO: A infecção prévia do sítio cirúrgico é um forte determinante para o desenvolvimento de uma nova infecção do sítio cirúrgico. É a chamada infecção latente do sítio cirúrgico.
Álvaro Antônio Bandeira Ferraz, Edmundo Machado Ferraz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of two different skin preparation strategies for open cardiac surgery

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Introduction: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a serious complication after cardiac surgery; skin preparation is an important step in the prevention of wound contamination with skin flora.
Muhammet Onur Hanedan, Ertekin Utku Unal, Aysen Aksoyek, Veysel Basar, Sercan Tak, Ufuk Tutun, Hasan Isik, C.Levent Birincioglu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deepwound: Automated Postoperative Wound Assessment and Surgical Site Surveillance through Convolutional Neural Networks [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
Postoperative wound complications are a significant cause of expense for hospitals, doctors, and patients. Hence, an effective method to diagnose the onset of wound complications is strongly desired. Algorithmically classifying wound images is a difficult task due to the variability in the appearance of wound sites. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs),
arxiv  

Effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated sutures for the prevention of surgical site infection: a review of the literature [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVE:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the third most common hospital-acquired infections and account for 14% to 16% of all such infections, and suture material may play a role in SSI rate.
Carella, S, Onesti, Mg, Scuderi, N
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Novel Biologically Active Glass Fiber Functionalized Using Magnesium Phosphate Cement Promotes Bone and Vascular Regeneration

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
In this study, a new type of bioactive glass fiber ‐based composite magnesium phosphate bone cement is prepared and verified that its mechanical strength and biological properties. In addition, the cement may have played a biologically active role in the Notch and HIF signaling pathways.
Yuzheng Lu, Yanbo Shan, Yingjie Xiong, Jianting Ye, Yanbin Wu, Jipeng Song, Yao Zhang, Wancheng Lin, Haoye Meng, Wenjing Xu, Jiang Peng, Qiang Lu, Lixiang Ding   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of saline irrigation prior to wound closure in the reduction of surgical site infection: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews, 2018
Background Surgical site infection describes an infectious complication of surgical wounds. This single complication is thought to occur in close to 20% of surgical cases.
Dawid Pieper, Tanja Rombey, Johannes Doerner, Julian-Dario Rembe, Hubert Zirngibl, Konstantinos Zarras, Peter C. Ambe   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source