Surgical Sutures with Porous Sheaths for the Sustained Release of Growth Factors.

ABSTRACT: Surgical sutures with highly porous sheaths are developed using a swelling and freeze-drying procedure without compromising their mechanical properties. The modified sutures show a high capacity for loading biofactors and are able to release the loaded biofactors in a sustained manner.

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4938160 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature