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Development and preclinical testing of a novel biodegradable hydrogel vaginal packing technology for gynecologic high-dose-rate brachytherapy

PURPOSE: We evaluated the performance of a novel hydrogel-based strategy developed for clinical use as vaginal packing using phantoms and cadavers, and to compare the hydrogel to gauze and balloon packing. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The biocompatible hydrogel is based on a thiol-Michael addition reaction...

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Autores principales: Peach, Matthew Sean, Moore, Joanna, Giles, Wallis, Trainor, Justin, Long, Tim, Moon, Nicholas, Hylton, Joseph E., Showalter, Timothy N., Libby, Bruce
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30237814
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.77952