Carbon-polymer dressing for the treatment of chronic ulcers
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Date
2013
Authors
Akhmetova, A. S.
Nurgozhin, T.S.
Mikhalovsky, S. V.
Saliev, T.
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Nazarbayev University
Abstract
Cryogels are sponge-like, highly porous, interconnected hydrogels formed using a freezing process.They have a large surface area for wound contact and, in this case, with a selective barrier (agarose) that allows the passage of volatile malodorous molecules but not serum proteins. This way agarose scaffold absorbs wound exudate and incorporated activated carbon prevents odorous molecules from escaping. In this study, agarose cryogels, hydrogels and films and their composites with activated carbon (AC) were
studied as potential wound dressing materials.
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science, polymer materials, treatment of chronic ulcers