Advanced technologies and polymer materials for surgical sutures / edited by Sabu Thomas, Phil Coates, Ben Whiteside, Blessy Joseph, Karthik Nair.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, MA, United States ; Kidlington, United Kingdom : Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier, [2023] |
| Description | xii, 313 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - Materials Science 2023 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Thomas, Sabu. |
| Other author/creator | Coates, P. D. (Phil D.) |
| Other author/creator | Whiteside, Ben. |
| Other author/creator | Joseph, Blessy. |
| Other author/creator | Nair, Karthik. |
| Series | Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials |
| Partial contents | Advances in biopolymer based surgical sutures / Blessy Joseph, Jemy James, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas -- Functionalization of sutures / Felipe López-Saucedo, Alejandro Ramos-Ballesteros, Emilio Bucio -- Improving the therapeutic value of sutures / Lorena Duarte-Peña, Amira J. Fragoso-Medina, Emilio Bucio, Felipe López-Saucedo. |
| Abstract | Polymeric materials offer a high level of versatility due to the range of applications possible within the biomedical and clinical fields - including wound closure - particularly in comparison to metals or ceramics. These specialised materials also allow for a diverse array of therapeutic effects. Although there have been advances in improving polymeric materials for surgical sutures, there is little information available regarding improving the therapeutic value of sutures, and advanced technologies used to implement this improvement. Advanced Technologies and Polymer Materials for Surgical Sutures provides thorough coverage on suture materials with improved mechanical and therapeutic properties that can improve quality of life; chapter topics include drug-releasing kinetics of sutures, shape memory polymer sutures and future trends. This book is a useful resource for academics and researchers in the materials science and biomedical engineering fields, as well as professionals in biomaterials and biotextiles development and clinicians looking to learn more about suture material properties and suture/body interactions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023301516 |
| ISBN | 9780128197509 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ePub ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |