TiNi-based Mesh Implant Sternal Resynthesis in Patients with Postoperative Sterno-Mediastinitis

The article presents analysis of the results of surgical treatment in patients with postoperative sterno-mediastinitis based on originally developed approach for sternal resynthesis using TiNi mesh implants compared with routine method of sternoraphy with metallic wire. The study showed that routine sternoraphy with metallic wire did not result in healing of more than a half of patients while worsening of sternal fragmentation occurred. The method of sternal resynthesis using TiNi mesh implants was developed in the Department of Hospital Surgery with Cardiovascular Surgery Courseat the Siberian State Medical University. This method allowed to achieve good short-term results, reliable fixation of sternal fragments, and restoration of sternal integrity. However, this method is contraindicated to patients with severe sternal fragmentation. The efficacy of the proposed approach significantly exceeds that of the routine method of sternal osteosynthesis with metallic wire.

Analysis of Reconstructions Cardioesophageal Junction of the Teres Ligament in Treatment Hiatal Hernias

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Peculiarities of Interaction Deserosed Organ and the Parietal Peritoneum of the Implants with Porous NiTi (Experimental Study)

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Formation and implantation of gold nanoparticles by ArF excimer laser irradiation of gold coated float glass

To develop a technique for the production of submicron line patterns and directed arrays of plasmonic nanoparticles, the generation and implantation of gold nanoparticles into float glass surfaces was studied by means of ArF-excimer laser irradiation (193 nm) below the ablation threshold of the glass which was sputter coated with a gold layer with a thickness of 70 nm. The formation of gold particles was confirmed by the characteristic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak at ∼550 nm. The intensity of the SPR peak of gold particles embedded in the glass matrix increases with the number of applied laser pulses, indicating a different degree of implantation of the gold nanoparticles into the glass surface. It was revealed that the laser implantation of the generated gold particles into the glass is supported on the tin-bath side by the enhanced absorption of tin ions. The dependences of SPR parameters upon the number of laser pulses at different fluences were obtained. Using the methods of X-ray diffraction and extended X-ray absorption fine structure, the mean size of implanted gold particles was estimated at 15–20 nm. This particle size was confirmed by analytical (scanning) transmission electron microscopy, but a small fraction of single particles with a size of ∼50 nm have also been observed. The particles arrangement was further examined by the fitting of experimental optical extinction spectra, varying the particles sizes and interparticle distances within the direct calculations of spectra by the multi-spheres T-matrix method, considering the possible agglomerations of particles. The applied experimental technique provides the creation of arrays of gold nanoparticles in the near-surface region of the glass, which can be used as the substrates or nuclei in the glass for producing bimetallic nanoparticles with gold as the core and SPR characteristics varied in a wide range of visual wavelengths