Epithelial flaps created during laryngeal microsurgery require apposition to facilitate proper healing. Current technologies are restricted by minimal access of the surgical site, posing various limitations in application. In this paper, we propose a novel magnesium-based bioabsorbable microclip, discuss our design considerations and evaluate the microclip's feasibility as a miniature wound clo...

Calcium phosphate is attracting attention as a bone repair material and controlled-release carrier of various drugs such disease therapeutic agents anticancer agents. Compared with some bioabsorbable polymers, calcium phosphates have the advantage preventing pH decrease in surrounding body fluid. However, there are few studies comparing effect supporting substances different physicochemical pro...

Endoscopic stent placement is a common primary management therapy for benign and malignant biliary strictures. However, continuous use of stents is limited by occlusion and migration. Stent technology has evolved significantly over the past two decades to reduce these problems. The purpose of this article is to review current guidelines in managing malignant and benign biliary obstructions, cur...

Drug-eluting stents (DES) have proven to be highly beneficial in that they dramatically reduce the restenosis rates relative to bare metal stents (BmS). Local delivery of antirestenotic drugs from stent scaffolds is achieved through polymeric coatings. The polymers employed are either biostable or bioabsorbable, although, currently, most of the DES that are on the market are based on biostable ...

including 75,484 patients concluded that both early and late stent thrombosis were higher in the biodegradable polymer groups over secondgeneration DES. These findings may partially explain the higher rate of myocardial infarction in the 6-weeks DAPT group (5). Given the unequivocal nature of the current data, it is important to understand these individual endpoints on a stent level. Whereas a ...

Lip canting is associated with facial asymmetry, and is one of the most challenging problems in surgical correction of facial deformities. The author corrected lip canting using bioabsorbable devices during orthognathic surgery. Soft tissue suspension procedures were performed on four patients with facial asymmetry. Lip lines improved for all patients. Over an observation period of five years, ...

Norbert Frey, Axel Linke, Tim Süselbeck, Jochen Müller-Ehmsen, Paul Vermeersch, Danny Ventricular Remodeling After ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A First-in-Man Study Intracoronary Delivery of Injectable Bioabsorbable Scaffold (IK-5001) to Treat Left Print ISSN: 1941-7640. Online ISSN: 1941-7632 Copyright © 2014 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231...