The Portuguese Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopyassigned the 2014 Research Grant to the project "Esophageal Regenerationby the Biodegradable Fibrous Mesh Implantion after Endoscopic submucosalDissection" by Carla Rolanda, Albino Martins, Nuno Neves & JorgeCorreia-Pinto. The ceremony took place on June 5th, during DigestiveWeek 2014 in Cascais.
This grant is annually launched to stimulate nationalscientific research in the field of Digestive Endoscopy.
The main objective of this project is to evaluate thebiocompatibility and safety of a biodegradable synthetic mesh implanted afterendoscopic resection of esophageal mucosa, in a porcine survival model. Sinceesophageal strictures are a frequent complication of these extended mucosalresections for early malignant lesions of the esophagus, this project wasvalued by advancing with a method that perspective improvements in regenerationand prevention of such strictures.
This translation project combines human and laboratoryconditions of the Surgical Sciences Research Domain in the ICVS, with therecognized expertise in biomaterials engineering of the 3B's Research Group.