pressure ulcers result from immobility and continuous pressure on an area of body. besides imposing further restriction of movements and thus creating a vicious circle in the healing process, these ulcers are of significant importance in decreasing the life quality and increasing the costs of treatment in these patients. in this study we compared the outcome of treatment of pressure ulcers with...

Self-healing soy-based resins with soy protein isolate (SPI) containing poly(D, L-lactide-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microcapsules (MCs) were prepared. Spherical (diameter of 1.30 μm) and elongated MCs (aspect ratios up to 20) produced using a membrane emulsification technique syringe filters. efficiencies characterized for their strength recovery toughness recovery. While both could successfully...

A Novel Method for Video-on-Demand via Digital Broadcast p. 44 Robust ABR Control for Uncertainties in Long-Range Dependent Traffic p. 53 Network Reliability Enhancement by a Self-healing Algorithm p. 63 Group Communication System based on MAC-over-IP p. 71 Performance Evaluation of New Fair Queuing Algorithm Based on CSFQ Architecture p. 78 MTBF: An Efficient Multicast Group Aggregation Scheme...

This article presents preliminary clinical evidence of the beneficial effect of the use of plasma rich in growth factors of autologous origin. The plasma is obtained from the individual patient by plasmapheresis. The macroscopic and microscopic results obtained with bone regeneration using this technique, which uses no membrane or barrier, can be observed. The incorporation of these concepts ca...

Dear Editors, Phenytoin, a well-known medicine for seizures, has been reported to have a positive therapeutic impact on diabetic foot ulcers in recent years through external application because of the enhancement of fibroblast proliferation (1,2), collagen production (1,2) and granulation tissue formation (1). The agent has gained increasing clinical attention because it is inexpensive and easy...

Complex fractures provide a unique challenge to the musculoskeletal surgeon. Traditional fracture reduction techniques are not always feasible, and often difficult depending on the anatomic area involved. We describe a novel technique, called layered plating, which can ease anatomic reduction and fixation of complex fractures. The aim of this paper was to describe 3 applications for layered pla...

Functionalized hydrogels stimulate the migration and morphogenesis of endothelial cells (ECs) are useful substrates for wound healing. The present study investigates feasibility covalent conjugation taurine (Tau) on a gelatin-based hydrogel. This hydrogel is expected to maintain positive charged growth factors such as basic fibroblast factor (bFGF) vascular (VEGFs) near ECs within microenvironm...

Carbon Dot-Based Hydrogels The features of article number 2207048 by Xiaofeng Sun, Jin Zhou, Hongguang Li, and co-workers include i) preparations carbon dot (CD)-based hydrogels, including CDs/polymers, CDs/low molecular weight gelators, CDs/graphene oxide, CDs/metal ions derivatives CD-based ii) properties such as fluorescence, mechanical strength enhancement, self-healing, stimulus response, ...

Gingival enlargement is an inflammatory response to plaque present on tooth surfaces or due factors like drugs and several systemic conditions. In cases where the local are responsible subgingival scaling root planing do not help, gingivectomy/gingivoplasty performed which creates a raw wound heals slowly. Since surgical practice primarily depends upon healing of these wounds without serious co...

abstract background: pressure ulcer is one of the main concerns of nurses in medical centers around the world, which, if untreated, causes irreparable problems for patients. in recent years, nitric oxide (no) has been proposed as an effective method for wound healing. this study was conducted to determine the effect of nitric oxide on pressure ulcer healing. materials and methods: in this clini...