Polymer in hemostasis and follow‐up wound healing

Polymers offer unique functional properties that lead to some novel applications every other day. Bioactive polymers with high degree of biodegradability, nonimmunogenicity, and biocompatibility are considered for in wound healing. The most basic form protection is by gauge dressing isolates the from contaminants. Natural example, cellulose, alginate, chitosan, starch, dextran, gelatin, hyaluronic acid, glycan, collagen, synthetic including polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyethylene glycol (PEG), pyrrolidone (PVP) candidates these applications. Biopolymers, when applied as promote tissue healing repair (i) regulating moist environment, (ii) providing needed growth factors, while offering anti-inflammatory, immune-modulatory, cell proliferative properties. It induces hemostasis via direct interaction erythrocytes platelets. These cross linked state a scaffold proliferation, differentiation, migration. Further, polymeric materials can be utilized permeable envelopes around hemostatic agents leverage favorable release kinetics. fabrication strategies their reported efficacy reviewed this article.