The use of state-of-the-art haemostatic materials in gastrointestinal surgery.

Haemostatic materials such as: gelatine sponges, oxygenated cellulose meshes, tissue sealants, collagen matrices with human thrombin and fibrinogen are gaining on popularity in gastrointestinal surgery, especially in colorectal surgery. We searched for available scientific publications in the Pubmed and Cochrane database on the use of individual hemostatic materials in the field of gastrointestinal surgery. The analysis focused on the assessment of the safety of the use of individual materials in terms of the rate of bleeding complications and the rate of anastomotic leakage cases.

Photoswitchable ratchet surface topographies based on self-protonating spiropyran-NIPAAM hydrogels.

In this work, self-protonating spiropyran-based poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) polymer networks are prepared. These photoresponsive hydrogel coatings can change their surface topography upon exposure with visible light in a neutral environment. Photoresponsive surface-constrained films have been fabricated for which the swelling behavior can be controlled in a reversible manner.

Ionic liquid modulation of swelling and LCST behavior of N-isopropylacrylamide polymer gels.

The physicochemical properties of free-standing cross-linked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAAM) gels, generated in the presence of the Ionic liquids (ILs), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium [C2mIm](+) salts of ethylsulfate [EtSO4](-), dicyanamide [DCA](-), bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [NTf2](-), and trihexyltetradecylphosphonium dicyanamide ([P(6,6,6,14)][DCA]) are described. The Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST) of the resulting ionogel was found to vary between 24-31 °C. The behaviour of swelling is found to be as high as 31.

Thermoresponsive poly(ionic liquid) hydrogels.

A new series of LCST ILs have been copolymerised with crosslinkers of varying length to afford the first ever thermoresponsive poly(ionic liquid)-based hydrogels. These hydrogels exhibit surprisingly broad LCST and volume transition behaviour compared to standard thermoresponsive gels and linear ILs.

[Breast carcinoma and anaplastic gastric carcinoma with pleural metastases in patient after mastectomy 30 years ago].

We describe a case of two simultaneous malignancies--anaplastic gastric carcinoma with pleural metastases and left breast carcinoma. These malignancies were recognized in 78-year old woman after right mastectomy performed 30 years ago. Additionaly, during diagnostic procedures rectal polypus found during colonoscopy occurred to be adenoma tubulovillosum.