Burst Pressure Properties and Ex Vivo Analysis of Alginate-Based Hydrogels for Tissue Sealant Applications

Lung diseases, cancers, and trauma can result in injury to the connective tissue lining the lung, i.e., the pleura. Pleural injuries lead to pneumothoraxes or pleural effusions, i.e., air or fluid leaking out of the lung respectively, and potential lung collapse - an immediately life threatening con...

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Main Author: Charron, Patrick Nelson
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: ScholarWorks @ UVM 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/454
http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1453&context=graddis