Sugar-based stents: a future technique for improving arterial surgery?

A novel stent developed from a glucose derivative called dextram could make microsurgery on arteries easier. The stents stick to the interior of the cut ends of the artery and hold it in place during the sewing process. A novel stent developed from a glucose derivative called dextram could make microsurgery on arteries easier. The stents stick to the interior of the cut ends of the artery and hold it in place during the sewing process. The stents were designed by Ali Tamayol and his team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NH, USA) with the aim of making arterial surgeries...