Smart suture with iodine contrasting nanoparticles for computed tomography

• Principais autores: Shadi Houshyar (Autor), Hong Yin (Autor), Leon Pope (Autor), Rumbidzai Zizhou (Autor), Chaitali Dekiwadia (Autor), Elisa L. Hill-Yardin (Autor), Justin MC Yeung (Autor), Sabu John (Autor), Kate Fox (Autor), Nhiem Tran (Autor), Ivan Cole (Autor), Aaron Elbourne (Autor), Vi Khanh Truong (Autor), Adam Truskewycz (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: 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...