Application of alginate-based hydrogels in hemostasis

Y Xie, P Gao, F He, C Zhang - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hemorrhage, as a common trauma injury and clinical postoperative complication, may
cause serious damage to the body, especially for patients with huge blood loss and …

Special features of polyester-based materials for medical applications

RN Darie-Niță, M Râpă, S Frąckowiak - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article presents current possibilities of using polyester-based materials in hard and soft
tissue engineering, wound dressings, surgical implants, vascular reconstructive surgery …

Refractory uterine atony: still a problem after all these years

M Balki, CA Wong - International journal of obstetric anesthesia, 2021 - Elsevier
Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, and uterine
atony is the leading cause of postpartum hemorrhage. Risk factors for uterine atony include …

Recent progress in liquid embolic agents

G Ko, JW Choi, N Lee, D Kim, T Hyeon, HC Kim - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Vascular embolization is a non-surgical procedure used to treat diseases or morbid
conditions related to blood vessels, such as bleeding, arteriovenous malformation …

Hydroxybutyl chitosan centered biocomposites for potential curative applications: A critical review

M Sun, T Wang, J Pang, X Chen, Y Liu - Biomacromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chitosan (CS), a natural biopolymer, has been extensively explored for multiple applications
including tissue engineering, gene therapy, bioimaging, and sewage treatment due to its …

Imaging evaluation of uterine perforation and rupture

H Aboughalia, D Basavalingu, MV Revzin… - Abdominal …, 2021 - Springer
Uterine perforation and rupture, denoting iatrogenic and non-iatrogenic uterine wall injury,
respectively, are associated with substantial morbidity, and at times mortality. Diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomy, abdomen and pelvis: female internal genitals

BS Hoare, YS Khan - 2020 - europepmc.org
The female reproductive system is an intricate arrangement of structures that can separate
into external and internal genitalia. The external genitalia comprises the structures outside of …

Size-tunable and biodegradable thrombin-functionalized carboxymethyl chitin microspheres for endovascular embolization

F Leng, S Lei, B Luo, S Lv, L Huang, X Jiang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
As a minimally invasive method, endovascular embolization has been an effective strategy
for controlling bleeding and tumor treatment. Herein, carboxymethyl chitin embolic …

Injectable PEG/polyester thermogel: A new liquid embolization agent for temporary vascular interventional therapy

H Yang, K Lei, F Zhou, X Yang, Q An, W Zhu… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Injectable poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)/polyester thermogels exhibit superior injectability and
unique thermoreversible sol-gel transitions compared with Onyx™, which is the only liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomic variations of the Uterine Artery. Review of the literature and their clinical significance

K Liapis, N Tasis, I Tsouknidas, G Tsakotos… - Turkish journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Uterine arteries are the main vessels supplying blood to the uterus. Mainly, they originate
from the anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery. Uterine arteries play an important role in …