Surgical Sutures with Porous Sheaths for the Sustained Release of Growth Factors.
basic_science · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Delayed-Action Preparations
- Drug Liberation
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Porosity
- Sutures