Zharikov, Andrey N.
Lubyansky, Vladimir G.
Gladysheva, Evgenia K.
Skiba, Ekaterina A.
Budaeva, Vera V.
Semyonova, Elena N.
Zharikov, Andrey A.
Sakovich, Gennady V.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Russian Science Foundation (Project # 17-19-01054)
Article History
Received: 12 January 2018
Accepted: 18 June 2018
First Online: 25 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Animal studies were performed with the approval of the local Ethics Committee of the Altai State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The methodology for using bacterial nanocellulose to replace defects of the anterior abdominal wall in animal experiments passed expert evaluation at a meeting of the Ethics Committee of the Altai State Medical University (Barnaul city, Russia). The Committee discussed the experimental study design and animal care to conform to the accepted international standards and guidelines. All the Ethics Committee members (100%) unanimously approved this study.
: Dogs were housed and maintained in accordance with international standards on animal care, animal husbandry, and humane treatment (European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes, Strasbourg, 1986).