The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 801-806, October 2010

Reduction in postsurgical adhesion formation after cardiac surgery by application of N,O-carboxymethyl chitosan

  • Juan Zhou, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • J. Michael Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Patricia Jiang, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Susan Henderson, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Kytogenics Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Timothy D.G. Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Timothy D. G. Lee, PhD, Sir Charles Tupper Building, 5850 College Street, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4H7.

Received 24 July 2009; received in revised form 17 October 2009; accepted 14 November 2009. published online 22 February 2010.

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 This work was supported in full by Kytogenics Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 Disclosures: S. Henderson is a shareholder in Kytogenics Pharmaceuticals Ltd. J. Zhou, M. Lee, P. Jiang, and T. Lee have no financial interest in Kytogenics Ltd.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01486-X

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.030

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 801-806, October 2010

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