Advances in meticulous dural closure technique remain a great challenge for watertight dural closure in the aged society,because the cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)leakage after spinal surgery is often accompanied with the d...Advances in meticulous dural closure technique remain a great challenge for watertight dural closure in the aged society,because the cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)leakage after spinal surgery is often accompanied with the disgusting wound infection,meningitis and pseudomeningocele.Here,a tetra-poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG)-based hydrogel sealant is developed with collective advantages of facile operation,high safety,quick set time,easy injectability,favorable mechanical strength and powerful tissue adhesion for effective sutureless dural closure during the surgery procedure.Impressively,this tetra-PEG sealant can instantaneously adhere to the irregular tissue surfaces even in a liquid environment,and effectively prevent or block off the intraoperative CSF leakage for sutureless dural closure and dura regeneration.Together,this sutureless tetra-PEG adhesive can be utilized as a very promising alternative for high-efficient watertight dural closure of the clinical patients who incidentally or deliberately undergo the durotomy during the spinal surgery.展开更多
Soft tissue injury is very common and associated with pain,tissue swelling and even malformation if not treated on time.Treating methods include cryotherapy,electrical therapy,ultrasound therapy and anti-inflammatory ...Soft tissue injury is very common and associated with pain,tissue swelling and even malformation if not treated on time.Treating methods include cryotherapy,electrical therapy,ultrasound therapy and anti-inflammatory drug,but none of them is completely satisfying.In this work,for a better therapeutic effect,drug therapy and pulsed electromagnetic field(PEMF)therapy were combined.We constructed a drug delivery system using the tetra-PEG/agar hydrogel(PA).By incorporating Fe3O4 NPs into the hydrogel network,a magnetism-responsive property was achieved in the system.The cytotoxicity and in vivo study showed a good biocompatibility of the PA/Fe3O4 hydrogel.A magnetism-controlled release was attained by the incorporation of Fe3O4.Finally,in vivo study showed a better performance of the DS-loaded PA/Fe3O4 compared with the commercially available DS ointment regarding the recovery of the injured soft tissue.Therefore,this magnetism-responsive hydrogel may represent a promising alternative to treat soft tissue injury.展开更多
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(2018YFE0104200)National Natural Science Foundation of China(51873214,51973226,81871782 and 82002030)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(No.2019031)for financial support.
文摘Advances in meticulous dural closure technique remain a great challenge for watertight dural closure in the aged society,because the cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)leakage after spinal surgery is often accompanied with the disgusting wound infection,meningitis and pseudomeningocele.Here,a tetra-poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG)-based hydrogel sealant is developed with collective advantages of facile operation,high safety,quick set time,easy injectability,favorable mechanical strength and powerful tissue adhesion for effective sutureless dural closure during the surgery procedure.Impressively,this tetra-PEG sealant can instantaneously adhere to the irregular tissue surfaces even in a liquid environment,and effectively prevent or block off the intraoperative CSF leakage for sutureless dural closure and dura regeneration.Together,this sutureless tetra-PEG adhesive can be utilized as a very promising alternative for high-efficient watertight dural closure of the clinical patients who incidentally or deliberately undergo the durotomy during the spinal surgery.
基金NSFC(51573195)Program of transformation medicine of PLA General Hospital(2016TM-039)for financial support.
文摘Soft tissue injury is very common and associated with pain,tissue swelling and even malformation if not treated on time.Treating methods include cryotherapy,electrical therapy,ultrasound therapy and anti-inflammatory drug,but none of them is completely satisfying.In this work,for a better therapeutic effect,drug therapy and pulsed electromagnetic field(PEMF)therapy were combined.We constructed a drug delivery system using the tetra-PEG/agar hydrogel(PA).By incorporating Fe3O4 NPs into the hydrogel network,a magnetism-responsive property was achieved in the system.The cytotoxicity and in vivo study showed a good biocompatibility of the PA/Fe3O4 hydrogel.A magnetism-controlled release was attained by the incorporation of Fe3O4.Finally,in vivo study showed a better performance of the DS-loaded PA/Fe3O4 compared with the commercially available DS ointment regarding the recovery of the injured soft tissue.Therefore,this magnetism-responsive hydrogel may represent a promising alternative to treat soft tissue injury.
