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Advanced technologies and polymer materials for surgical sutures /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thomas, Sabu (Editor ), Coates, P. D. (Phil D.) (Editor ), Whiteside, Ben (Editor ), Joseph, Blessy (Editor ), Nair, Karthik (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2023]
Colección:Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Notas:1. Introduction to biopolymers for surgical suture applications -- 2. Functionalization of sutures -- 3. Improving the therapeutic value of sutures -- 4. Evaluating the mechanical properties of sutures -- 5. Polymers for surgical sutures -- 6. Smart sutures -- 7. Bioactive sutures: advances in surgical suture functionalization -- 8. Engineering aspects of suture fabrication -- 9. Revisiting the properties of suture materials: an overview -- 10. Suture materials, emerging trends -- 11. Biocompatibility and cytotoxicity of polymer sutures -- 12. Shape memory polymers as sutures -- 13. Drug release kinetics of sutures
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
ISBN:9780323853491
0323853498