TY - GEN
T1 - Electrospun nanofibre membranes as wound dressing materials
AU - Liu, X.
AU - Lin, T.
AU - Fang, J.
AU - Yao, G.
AU - Wang, Xungai
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - An effective wound dressing is not only able to protect the wound area from its surroundings to avoid infection and dehydration, but also to speed up the healing process by providing an optimum microenvironment for healing, removing any excess wound exudates, and allowing continuous tissue reconstruction. In this study, two biodegradable polymers, polycaprolactone (PCL) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), were used to electrospin nanofibre membranes. The wound dressing performances of these two membranes were compared with the wound dressing performances of protein coated membranes and conventional non-woven cotton wound dressings. In addition, fibre morphology, porous structural property, mechanical properties of the nanofibre membranes, and their drainage capacity and wound skin histology were examined.
AB - An effective wound dressing is not only able to protect the wound area from its surroundings to avoid infection and dehydration, but also to speed up the healing process by providing an optimum microenvironment for healing, removing any excess wound exudates, and allowing continuous tissue reconstruction. In this study, two biodegradable polymers, polycaprolactone (PCL) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), were used to electrospin nanofibre membranes. The wound dressing performances of these two membranes were compared with the wound dressing performances of protein coated membranes and conventional non-woven cotton wound dressings. In addition, fibre morphology, porous structural property, mechanical properties of the nanofibre membranes, and their drainage capacity and wound skin histology were examined.
KW - Healing
KW - Nanofibre
KW - Wound dressing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=62449309167&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.57.125
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.57.125
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:62449309167
SN - 9783908158141
T3 - CIMTEC 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems - Biomedical Applications of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Micro/Nano Engineering
SP - 125
EP - 130
BT - CIMTEC 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems - Biomedical Applications of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Micro/Nano Engineering
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems - Biomedical Applications of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Micro/Nano Engineering, CIMTEC 2008
Y2 - 8 June 2008 through 13 June 2008
ER -