Overcoming the translational barriers of tissue adhesives

GM Taboada, K Yang, MJN Pereira, SS Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
For the past few decades, tissue sealants and adhesives have been developed as an
alternative to sutures and staples to close and seal wounds or incisions. These materials are …

Collagen—emerging collagen based therapies hit the patient

EA Abou Neel, L Bozec, JC Knowles, O Syed… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
The choice of biomaterials available for regenerative medicine continues to grow rapidly,
with new materials often claiming advantages over the short-comings of those already in …

Electrospun nanofibers for regenerative medicine

W Liu, S Thomopoulos, Y Xia - Advanced healthcare materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This Progress Report reviews recent progress in applying electrospun nanofibers to
the emerging field of regenerative medicine. It begins with a brief introduction to …

Applications of materials for dural reconstruction in pre-clinical and clinical studies: Advantages and drawbacks, efficacy, and selections

X Bi, B Liu, Z Mao, C Wang, N Dunne, Y Fan… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The dura mater provides a barrier to protect the tissue underneath and cerebrospinal fluid.
However, dural defects normally cause cerebrospinal fluid leakage and other complications …

Electrospun nanofibers for dura mater regeneration: A mini review on current progress

B Pant, M Park, AA Kim - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dural defects are a common problem in neurosurgical procedures and should be repaired to
avoid complications such as cerebrospinal fluid leakage, brain swelling, epilepsy …

Multilayer scaffold of electrospun PLA–PCL–collagen nanofibers as a dural substitute

Y Wang, H Guo, D Ying - Journal of Biomedical Materials …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dural closure after the neurosurgery can prevent postoperative complications. Although
many types of dural substitute have been developed, most of them lack functional and …

Non-watertight dural reconstruction in meningioma surgery: results in 439 consecutive patients and a review of the literature

B Sade, S Oya, JH Lee - Journal of neurosurgery, 2011 - thejns.org
Object There are various schools of thought when it comes to dural reconstruction following
meningioma surgery, which are largely based on the personal experience of the individual …

A new type of bilayer dural substitute candidate made up of modified chitin and bacterial cellulose

W Deng, Y Tan, MSR Rajoka, Q Xue, L Zhao… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
In the field of neurosurgery, timely and effective repair of dura mater plays an important role
in stabilizing the physiological functions of the human body. Therefore, the aim of this study …

Augmented autologous pericranium duraplasty in 100 posterior fossa surgeries—a retrospective case series

FC Lam, E Kasper - Operative Neurosurgery, 2012 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Primary closure of the dura in posterior fossa (p-fossa) surgeries is
technically difficult and usually requires the use of a dural substitute. A variety of substitutes …

New dried human amniotic membrane is useful as a substitute for dural repair after skull base surgery

T Tomita, N Hayashi, M Okabe… - … Surgery Part B: Skull …, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Objectives Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is an undesirable complication of skull base
surgery. We used dried human amniotic membrane (AM) as a patch graft for dural repair to …