Smart suture with iodine contrasting nanoparticles for computed tomography

• Main Authors: Shadi Houshyar (Author), Hong Yin (Author), Leon Pope (Author), Rumbidzai Zizhou (Author), Chaitali Dekiwadia (Author), Elisa L. Hill-Yardin (Author), Justin MC Yeung (Author), Sabu John (Author), Kate Fox (Author), Nhiem Tran (Author), Ivan Cole (Author), Aaron Elbourne (Author), Vi Khanh Truong (Author), Adam Truskewycz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Surgical site infections (SSI) are amongst the most common medical infections, occurring in 2 to 4% of patients undergoing a surgical procedure. Smart surgical sutures can play an important role in preventing infection. For example, antimicrobial sutures detectable via clinical imaging modalities ca...