New Hydrogel can temporarily seal wound, then reopen wound for the next stage surgery

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HYDROGEL SEALS WOUNDS THEN RELEASES (Orthopedics This Week)
Everyone of a certain age remembers the pain of a doctor’s stripping off adhesive tape from a wound. Now a chemist, Professor Mark Grinstaff, Ph.D., his students and Harvard Medical School Assistant Professors of Orthopedic Surgery Edward K. Rodriguez, M.D. and Ara Nazarian, Dr.Sc. have developed a hydrogel that not only seals wounds but can then be dissolved and gently removed from the site of the injury.
As explained by writer Mark Dwortzan in BU Biomedical Engineering, the gel is intended for use with wounds that must be quickly cl...

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