Exciting Research at New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Recent research undertaken by plastic surgeons at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where Josyann Abisaab M.D. works, have found a “compound found in sunless tanning spray may help to heal wounds following surgery.”  The research conducted found that “a sticky gel composed of polyethylene glycol and a polycarbonate of dihydroxyacetone (MPEG-pDHA) may help to seal wounds created by surgery.”  This can help in cancer patients undergoing treatment.  Often, an unpleasant side effect of cancer treatment is that when removing a cancerous tissue, “a hollow space that fills with seroma fluid that must typically be drained by a temporary implanted drain.”  What is now being created are: “safe, synthetic compounds from chemicals found in nature.”  This will help stick tissues together and also lower seroma formation.