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Surgical Sutures with Porous Sheaths for the Sustained Release of Growth Factors
Author(s) -
Li Jianhua,
Linderman Stephen W.,
Zhu Chunlei,
Liu Hong,
Thomopoulos Stavros,
Xia Younan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201506242
Subject(s) - materials science , porosity , swelling , service (business) , nanotechnology , biomedical engineering , composite material , engineering , business , marketing
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.
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