Intestinal Surgery Sealant
November 9, 2021 | Terry Sharrer
From bioengineers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology comes “a chemically highly resistive, leak-tight, and mucoadhesive hydrogel sealant, which is grafted on the surface of the intestinal wall using a mutually interpenetrating network that traverses hydrogel and tissue is presented. . . . The biocompatible hydrogel patch effectively seals anastomotic leaks in ex vivo intestinal models, greatly surpassing commercial sealants (time to patch-failure >24 h compared to 5 min for commonly used Tachosil). Importantly, the developed adhesive patch paves the way for the application of both mechanically and chemically robust sealants suitable for the treatment and prevention of intestinal leaks.” MORE
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