Borrowing the Features of Biopolymers for Emerging Wound Healing Dressings: A Review.

ABSTRACT: Wound dressing design is a dynamic and rapidly growing field of the medical wound-care market worldwide. Advances in technology have resulted in the development of a wide range of wound dressings that treat different types of wounds by targeting the four phases of healing. The ideal wound dressing should perform rapid healing; preserve the body's water content; be oxygen permeable, non-adherent on the wound and hypoallergenic; and provide a barrier against external contaminants-at a reasonable cost and with minimal inconvenience to the patient. Therefore, choosing the best dressing should be based on what the wound needs and what the dressing does to achieve complete regeneration and restoration of the skin's structure and function. Biopolymers, such as alginate (ALG), chitosan (Cs), colla

SUBMITTER: Gardikiotis I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9369430 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature