Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze

Polyurethane sheet is a pure white, soft, and flexible synthetic sponge with a mechanical strength and abrasion resistance equivalent or even superior to other sponge materials. Our study indicates that the blood absorption power of the polyurethane sheet is equivalent to that of the cotton gauze ev...

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Autor principal: Shimamoto, Takeshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Letters to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21385337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-26
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description Polyurethane sheet is a pure white, soft, and flexible synthetic sponge with a mechanical strength and abrasion resistance equivalent or even superior to other sponge materials. Our study indicates that the blood absorption power of the polyurethane sheet is equivalent to that of the cotton gauze even after repeated use, and it has the potential to decrease the total amount of sponge usage. Further, accurately identifying the bleeding point might be easier with the polyurethane sheet.
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spelling pubmed-30580242011-03-16 Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze Shimamoto, Takeshi J Cardiothorac Surg Letters to the Editor Polyurethane sheet is a pure white, soft, and flexible synthetic sponge with a mechanical strength and abrasion resistance equivalent or even superior to other sponge materials. Our study indicates that the blood absorption power of the polyurethane sheet is equivalent to that of the cotton gauze even after repeated use, and it has the potential to decrease the total amount of sponge usage. Further, accurately identifying the bleeding point might be easier with the polyurethane sheet. BioMed Central 2011-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3058024/ /pubmed/21385337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-26 Text en Copyright ©2011 Shimamoto; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
title Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
title_full Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
title_fullStr Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
title_full_unstemmed Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
title_short Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
title_sort polyurethane sheet: a potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21385337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-26
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