Current status and future of skin substitutes for chronic wound healing

MN Nicholas, J Yeung - Journal of cutaneous medicine and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic wounds, including diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, and arterial
insufficiency ulcers, are both difficult and expensive to treat. Conventional wound care may …

Non-sexual implications of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors

T Mostafa - Sexual Medicine Reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Introduction Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) hydrolyses cyclic guanylate
monophosphate specifically to 5′ guanylate monophosphate, promoting corporeal …

The effects of sildenafil and/or nitroglycerin on random-pattern skin flaps after nicotine application in rats

MA Ellabban, IOA Fattah, GA Kader, OS Eldeen… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Smoking aggravates skin necrosis as a complication of random-pattern flap ischaemia.
Sildenafil and nitroglycerin (NTG) are vasodilator agents that may affect skin flap survival …