In the tough, competitive environment of international ice hockey, it is vital that a player who sustains a minor facial laceration is returned to play as soon as possible. A method of wound closure that is fast to apply, water resistant, and effective was sought. Dermabond, a cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive, was selected for use during the 2002 International Ice Hockey Federation World Champions...

BACKGROUND Some children feel pain during wound closures using tissue adhesives. We sought to determine whether a topically applied analgesic solution of lidocaine-epinephrine-tetracaine would decrease pain during tissue adhesive repair. METHODS We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded trial involving 221 children between the ages of 3 months and 17 years. Patients were enrolled...

INTRODUCTION Tissue adhesives can be used as adjacent to sutures to drop or avoid bleeding in cardiovascular operations. OBJECTIVE To verify the efficiency of fibrin and cyanoacrylate adhesive to seal arterial sutures and if the adhesives penetrate through suture line to the inner of arteries. METHODS 20 abdominal aorta segments of pigs were divided into two groups according to the adhesive...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of butyl-2-cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive in osteotomies and bone grafts, with regard to macroscopic and radiographic characteristics. METHODS Forty-eight rabbits were used, randomly divided into four groups of 12 animals, with observation periods of two, four, eight and 16 weeks. Both thoracic limbs were operated in each animal and two osteotomies were perform...

in production of tissue paper, the adhesion of a liquid adhesive creping aid, compound polymer, as creping aids on the yankee dryer surface was investigated. a compound polymer was prepared based on mixing ratio of poly (amideamine)-epichlorohydrin resin (pae) as an adhesive agent, polyvinyl alcohol (pva) as a modifier agent, and cationic fatty acid (cfa) and ethylene glycol (eg) as release age...

Correct tissue architecture is essential for normal physiology, yet there have been few attempts to recreate tissues using micro-patterning. We have used polymer brush micro-engineering to generate a stratified micro-epidermis with fewer than 10 human keratinocytes. Epidermal stem cells are captured on 100 μm diameter circular collagen-coated disks. Within 24 h they assemble a stratified micro-...

Characterizing the mechanical properties of tissues is key for understanding fundamental biological processes such as morphogenesis or tumor progression. In particular, intercellular adhesion forces, mediated by transmembrane proteins like cadherins, are expected to control topology and viscoelastic behavior under stress. order understand influence in tissues, we use biomimetic emulsions which ...

THE development of ultrafine surgical sutures with low tissue reactivity, more efficient optical equipment, and specialized microsurgical instrumentation has produced important advances in morphologic and functional recovery of peripheral nerves. Studies have shown that appropriate axonal apposition, minimal manipulation, and sustentation of nervous tissue can contribute to nerve regeneration. ...

Mark Rippon is Medical Marketing Manager, Mölnlycke Health Care, Gothenburg, Sweden; Richard White is Professor of Tissue Viability, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK; Phil Davies is Clinical and Scientific Information Manager, Mölnlycke Health Care, Gothenburg, Sweden Skin adhesives play an important role in keeping wound dressings in place. Unfortunately, if dressings incorporate adhesiv...