Publications by authors named "I Wille"
Background: Patient expectations play a crucial role in aesthetic treatments, influencing satisfaction of treatment outcomes.
Objective: To explore and assess the expectations of 102 participants undergoing various cosmetic interventions using the FACE-Q expectations scale.
Materials And Methods: Participants, aged 20 to 64 years, seeking different facial aesthetic procedures completed the FACE-Q expectations scale before treatment.
Background: Various assay methods have been developed to study antimicrobial activity based on contamination of surfaces with different amounts of liquid bacterial suspensions. Since surfaces with frequent hand contact are typically touched in a dry state in clinical settings, these tests may be inappropriate at assessing effectiveness to reduce pathogen transmission.
Aim: To investigate a surface previously confirmed to display antimicrobial activity even after drying of small volumes of bacterial suspension (Egger antimicrobial surfaces: EAS) under conditions modelling dry contamination using a touch-transfer method.
State-of-the-art treatment for sensorineural hearing loss is based on electrical stimulation of residual spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) with cochlear implants (CIs). Due to the anatomical gap between the electrode contacts of the CI and the residual afferent fibers of the SGNs, spatial spreading of the stimulation signal hampers focused neuronal stimulation. Also, the efficiency of a CI is limited because SGNs degenerate over time due to loss of trophic support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In intensive care units (ICUs), inanimate surfaces and equipment may be contaminated by nosocomial pathogens, including multi-drug-resistant micro-organisms.
Aims: To assess the degree of environmental contamination close to and distant from patients, and contamination of healthcare workers' (HCWs) hands with nosocomial pathogens under real-life conditions and to investigate potential transmission events.
Methods: Over the course of three weeks, agar contact samples were taken close to and distant from patient areas and from HCWs' hands in eight ICUs of a tertiary care hospital in Innsbruck, Austria.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of surface treatment and universal adhesive on the microshear bond strength of nanoparticle composite repairs.
Methods: One hundred and forty-four specimens were built with a nanofilled composite (Filtek Supreme Ultra, 3M ESPE). The surfaces of all the specimens were polished with SiC paper and stored in distilled water at 37°C for 14 days.