... designed and prepared the scaffold. Heworked on the draft of the manuscript. DIB: performed the histological analysis and preclinical assay design and analysis. He worked on the draft of the manu-script. ... the chitosan-based hemostatic dressing: experience in current combat operations. J Trauma 2006, 60:655-8.30. Tangsadthakun C, Kanokpanont S, Sanchavanakit N, Pichyangkura R, Banaprasert T, ... scaffold is composed of chitosan,which has been reported as an antibacterial agent [28],and an inductor of the formation of granulation tissue,angiogenesis, hemostasis and the production of interleu-kins...