Recent research was conducted to evaluate the healing efficiency of bacterial cellulose (BC) as a wound dressing in different pHs and its possibility of being a smart wound dressing that can indicate pHs. BC was produced by environmentally isolated bacterial strains. After washing the best achieved BC, it was floated in normal saline with different pHs with phenol red used as a pH indicator.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSmall bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common condition encountered in surgical practice. Literature shows divers and many different etiologies for intestinal obstruction. However, bezoars are rarely reported as an etiological factor.
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