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Article: Research conducted by A. Ashraf and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about plastic and reconstructive surgery.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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"Proper wound healing is pivotal to successful surgical outcomes. Previous studies have shown that growth factors can be used to enhance tissue repair under impaired healing conditions," researchers in the United States report (see also Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery).
"However, because of limited delivery methods, the growth factors in these studies were delivered either topically or as a single local administration. Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were divided equally into five groups and served as untreated normal controls or were implanted subcutaneously with a novel sustained-release drug delivery system through a dorsal incisional wound. This system delivered ...