Publications by authors named "Tatsuru Shirafuji"
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- Plasma is created by applying high energy to gases, and recent studies show that non-thermal atmospheric pressure gas discharge plasma (NTAPP) can promote healing in living organisms, including aiding bone and tendon repair.
- In an experiment with 36 rabbits, NTAPP was applied to the infraspinatus tendon’s insertion site to assess its effect on the tendon-bone junction during rotator cuff repair, comparing results with a control group.
- Results showed that NTAPP significantly improved the healing process, with higher histological scores and mechanical strength in the plasma-treated group compared to controls at both 4 and 8 weeks post-treatment.
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- * This study is the first to demonstrate that NTAPP can significantly accelerate the repair process of Achilles tendons in a rat model, showing histological improvements and collagen type transformation shortly after treatment.
- * The results suggest that even a single NTAPP treatment during surgery can enhance early recovery by increasing tensile strength and promoting collagen maturation in injured tendons.
Non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma (NTAPP) is attracting widespread interest for use in medical applications. The tissue repair capacity of NTAPP has been reported in various fields; however, little is known about its effect on fracture healing. Non-union or delayed union after a fracture is a clinical challenge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedical treatment using non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAPP) is rapidly gaining recognition. NTAPP is thought to be a new therapeutic method because it could generate highly reactive species in an ambient atmosphere which could be exposed to biological targets (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConductive diamond whiskers were fabricated by maskless oxygen plasma etching on highly boron-doped diamond substrates. The effects of the etching conditions and the boron concentration in diamond on the whisker morphology and overall substrate coverage were investigated. High boron-doping levels (greater than 8.
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