[HTML][HTML] Safety and cost-effectiveness of outpatient cervical disc arthroplasty

R Wohns - Surgical Neurology International, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: To assess the safety, clinical efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of outpatient
cervical disc arthroplasty. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 26 …

Optimization of poly (l-lactic acid)/segmented polyurethane electrospinning process for the production of bilayered small-diameter nanofibrous tubular structures

FM Ballarin, PC Caracciolo, E Blotta, VL Ballarin… - Materials Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study is focused on the electrospinning process as a versatile technique to
obtain nanofibrous tubular structures for potential applications in vascular tissue …

Polyesters and Poly (ester-urethane) s from Biobased Difuranic Polyols

Z Mou, EYX Chen - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2016 - ACS Publications
This contribution investigates the impact of rigid and flexible difuranic polyols on the
resulting polyester (PE) and poly (ester-urethane)(PEU) properties. Three biobased …

Design of biodegradable polyurethanes and the interactions of the polymers and their degradation by-products within in vitro and in vivo environments

X Zhang, KG Battiston, JE McBane… - Advances in …, 2016 - Elsevier
From 2005 to 2015 the development of new biodegradable polymers and the use of
established biodegradable materials such as polylactic–glycolic acid have dominated the …

Rapidly biodegrading PLGA-polyurethane fibers for sustained release of physicochemically diverse drugs

AK Blakney, FI Simonovsky, IT Suydam… - ACS biomaterials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Sustained release of physicochemically diverse drugs from electrospun fibers remains a
challenge and precludes the use of fibers in many medical applications. Here, we …

Evaluation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells growth onto heparin-modified electrospun vascular grafts

PC Caracciolo, P Diaz-Rodriguez, I Ardao… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges of cardiovascular tissue engineering is the development of
bioresorbable and compliant small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVG) for patients where …

Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds of segmented polyurethanes based on PEG, PLLA and PTMC blocks: physico-chemical properties and morphology

RB Trinca, GA Abraham, MI Felisberti - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
Biocompatible polymeric scaffolds are crucial for successful tissue engineering. Biomedical
segmented polyurethanes (SPUs) are an important and versatile class of polymers …

Amoxicillin embedded in cellulose acetate-poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) fibers prepared by coaxial electrospinning: Preparation and characterization

MM Castillo-Ortega, AG Montaño-Figueroa… - Materials letters, 2012 - Elsevier
The optimal conditions for the preparation of a composite material of fibers of cellulose
acetate (CA), poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)(PVP), containing amoxicillin (Amoxi) within the fiber …

Electrospun polyurethane-based vascular grafts: Physicochemical properties and functioning in vivo

AA Gostev, VS Chernonosova, IS Murashov… - Biomedical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
General physicochemical properties of the vascular grafts (VGs) produced from the solutions
of Tecoflex (Tec) with gelatin (GL) and bivalirudin (BV) by electrospinning are studied. The …

Post-crosslinkable biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethanes: Synthesis, and thermal, mechanical, and degradation properties

HY Mi, X Jing, BS Hagerty, G Chen, A Huang… - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) with tuneable properties are of great
interest in various applications. In this study, two kinds of poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL)-based …