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POLYSACCHARIDE FIBERS IN WOUND MANAGEMENT
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2011
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Scar ManagementTissue EngineeringFiber TechnologyEngineeringProper Dressing MaterialsBiomaterials DesignWound CareBiopolymersWound HealingBiomedical EngineeringDermatologyNatural PolymersPolysaccharide FibersMedicineBiomaterialsBiocompatible MaterialMixed Biopolymers
The future of fiber technology for medical applications depends largely on the future needs of our civilization. The use of new fibers for healthcare textiles application has increased rapidly over the past quarter of a century. With the recent advances in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and gene delivery‐ alginate, chitin/chitosan and their derivatives present a novel and useful class of biomaterials. . Hence small changes in their molecular structure can bring large changes in their interactions with components of biological tissues or drugs. These polymers are excellent candidates for applications in the biomedical field because of their versatility, biocompatibility, bio absorbability and significant absence of cytotoxicity. Wound healing rate depends mainly on proper dressing materials. O ver the last few years there has been a rapidly expanding interest in polysaccharides from both a fundamental viewpoint and also from an applications viewpoint. With different varieties of polysaccharides in modern wound dressings, this article discusses the effective utilization of polysaccharide fibers like alginate, chitin and chitosan for the medical application, specifically for wound management. Further it explains the current research status and also summarizes the different findings of researchers.
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