Role of Negative Pressure Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Sternal Wound Infections After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.

Background: Sternal wound infections after pediatric cardiac surgery are uncommon but can be morbid.

Methods: We describe an institutional protocol for complicated sternal wounds utilizing hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).

Participants: A retrospective chart review (2001-2013) of 4,028 pediatric cardiac operations in 3,264 patients less than 18 years of age.

Reduction of Dislocations in Single Crystal Diamond by Lateral Growth over a Macroscopic Hole.

A low-dislocation diamond is obtained by homoepitaxial chemical vapor deposition on a standard moderate-quality substrate hollowed out by a large square hole. Dislocations are found to propagate vertically and horizontally from the substrate and to terminate at the top surface or at the sides of the hole, thus leaving the central part with a strongly reduced dislocation density.

New technology for high throughput THz BioMEMS.

We propose a new technology for high throughput bioMEMS based on a mixed technology polymer on silicon. This technology is compatible with microelectronic processes, the electromagnetic propagation, the microfluidic circulation and the biological solutions. We use a new process and a new polymer deposited by a "cold" plasma technique.