The efficacy of antimicrobial solutions against multispecies bacterial biofilm with or without negative pressure wound therapy in an in vitro wound model.

Objectives: Biofilm is the major challenge in chronic wound management. Instilling a wound cleansing solution aids in wound bed cleaning and infectious pathogen elimination. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) improves the wound-healing process.

Forecasting intraoperative hypotension during hepatobiliary surgery.

Prediction and avoidance of intraoperative hypotension (IOH) can lead to less postoperative morbidity. Machine learning (ML) is increasingly being applied to predict IOH. We hypothesize that incorporating demographic and physiological features in an ML model will improve the performance of IOH prediction.

The Low-Abundance Plasma Proteome Reveals Differentially Abundant Proteins Associated with Breast Implant Capsular Contracture: A Pilot Study.

Capsular contracture (CC) is one of the most common postoperative complications associated with breast implant-associated infections. The mechanisms that lead to CC remain poorly understood. Plasma is an ideal biospecimen for early proteomics biomarker discovery.

Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Negative Pressure Wound Therapy versus Standard-of-care Dressings in Breast Surgery: A Pilot Study.

Background: Standard breast reduction dressings such as Prineo are used to cover surgical wounds, in combination with a binder or support bra. The Prevena Restor BellaForm is a negative pressure wound therapy dressing that covers the entirety of the breast mound and is purported to provide further support and reduce swelling. The aim of this study was to compare the Restor to standard-of-care dressings.

IL-9 Is a Biomarker of BIA-ALCL Detected Rapidly by Lateral Flow Assay.

Background: A delayed seroma around breast implants is the most common clinical presentation of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). Interleukin-9 (IL-9), IL-10, and IL-13 concentrations are significantly higher in BIA-ALCL than in benign seromas, offering a means to distinguish between these conditions.

Objectives: The aim of this research was to test the ability of a lateral flow assay (LFA) to detect high concentrations of IL-9 rapidly.