Thesis
Inter-penetrating Polymer Network(IPN) tissue expanders
- Abstract:
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Self-inflating hydrogel tissue expanders have drawn great interest for generating new soft tissue in plastic and reconstructive surgeries. However, their over-rapid expansion rate can lead to tissue necrosis. Additional coatings or membranes can provide controlled swelling, but will be damaged upon crafting. This study is concerned with developing a novel inter-penetrating polymer network (IPN) tissue expander with controlled expansion and the ability to be crafted by surgeons as well.
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2016-02-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Zhu, Y; . Yun Zhu
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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