OBJECTIVES To assess safety and clinical performance of a novel bioabsorbable vascular graft in pediatric patients with univentricular cardiac malformation who received surgical correction via an extracardiac cavopulmonary conduit. METHODS The implanted graft material is designed to attract patient's own cells and proteins, which trigger a cascade of physiological events leading to endogenous...

OBJECT Synthetic bioabsorbable implants have recently been introduced in spinal surgery; consequently, the indications, applications, and results are still evolving. The authors used absorbable interbody spacers (Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Memphis, TN) packed with recombinant bone morphogenetic protein (Infuse; Medtronic Sofamor Danek) for single- and multiple-level transforaminal lumbar interbod...

To address concerns of late and very late stent thrombosis associated with first generation drug-eluting stent technology, novel approaches are being tested including stents with bioabsorbable polymers (including Biomatrix FlexTM, NoboriTM and SynergyTM), polymer-free drug delivery systems (including BiofreedomTM and Yukon®) and drug-eluting balloons (including Sequent PleaseTM, Dior® II and Pa...

Background: Knee injuries are more common due to exponential increase in road traffic accidents and involvement sports related activities by people. Anterior cruciate ligament injury is one of the most around knee poses quiet a lot management controversy. Aims Objectives: To do comparative analysis functional outcome Arthroscopic Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction using quadrupled semitendinosus ...

A highly osteogenic hybrid bioabsorbable scaffold was developed for bone reconstruction/augmentation. Through the use of a solid free-form fabrication technology, a bioabsorbable polycaprolactone (PCL) cage scaffold with a desired size and shape was produced and then filled with osteogenic bone graft particles, that is, morselized autologous bone chips. A rabbit total lamina defect model was ch...

BACKGROUND During the early postoperative period, the fixation of a hamstring graft to the bone tunnel is the primary factor in limiting rehabilitation. HYPOTHESIS The initial fixation strength of a double cross pin fixation technique is comparable with the biodegradable interference screw fixation technique. STUDY DESIGN Experimental laboratory study. METHODS The authors examined the ini...

PURPOSE The use of graft tissue fixation using bioabsorbable interference screws (BISs) in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction offers various advantages, but limited pullout strength. Therefore, additional tibial fixation is essential for aggressive rehabilitation. We hypothesized that additional graft tissue fixation using bioabsorbable suture anchors (BSA) would provide sufficient...

BACKGROUND Stand-alone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been found to be effective in producing weight loss but few large, one-center LSG series have been reported. Gastric leakage from the staple line is a life-threatening complication of LSG, but there is controversy about whether buttressing the staple line with a reinforcement material will reduce leaks. We describe a single-center...