Treating peritoneal carcinomatosis by the aggressive cytoreductive surgery with the hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) surgeons expose their gloved hands for up to 90 min to a peritoneal dialysis solution (PDS) containing mitomycin C (MMC). We investigated the permeation of MMC through the material of three different natural rubber gloves under conditions similar t...

BACKGROUND New strategies have been developed for surgical treatment of high myopia. Recently, implantation of minus power posterior chamber intraocular lenses (IOL) into phakic eyes has been introduced. METHODS We report a 37 year-old female patient who developed bilateral anterior subcapsular cataract 7 years after minus-power, top hat-style silicone posterior chamber IOL implantation in Ru...

The present paper presents a finite element model and analysis for the interaction between a piezoresistive tactile sensor and biological tissues. The tactile sensor is proposed for use in minimally invasive surgery to deliver tactile information of biological tissues to surgeons. The proposed sensor measures the relative hardness of soft contact objects as well as the contact force. Silicone r...

Silicone oil (SO) is a long-term intraocular tamponade used for a variety of retinal disorders. In aphakic eyes with an intact iris, the use of an inferior peripheral iridectomy prevents SO prolapse into the anterior chamber, thereby preventing glaucoma and keratopathy. We have developed a technique for preventing SO from entering the anterior chamber in aphakic eyes with iris loss. The techniq...

The electron beam radiation method is emitted by electronic accelerators, which can change the chemical physical properties of radiation. Silicone rubber samples after different irradiation intesities were carried out for 1000h aging test, and scanning microscopy (SEM), mechanical tensile hydrophhy angle silicone sample measured, test results shows that: visual apperence did not changed, SEM sh...