JOURNAL ARTICLE

Mussel-inspired hydrogel tissue adhesives for wound closure

Maedeh RahimnejadWen Zhong

Year: 2017 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 7 (75)Pages: 47380-47396   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Tissue adhesives have been introduced as a promising alternative for the traditional wound closure method of suturing.

Keywords:
Wound closure Closure (psychology) Adhesive Mussel Wound healing Wound dressing Biomedical engineering Surgery Materials science Nanotechnology Medicine Fishery Composite material Biology

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Citation History

Topics

Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Surgery
Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Hemostasis and retained surgical items
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Hematology

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