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Research progress of absorbable anti-adhesion membranes

Chen Zao-mei 1, 2, 3, Li Ru-bing 1, 2   

  1. 1 Department of Pharmacy, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China; 2 Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Rational Drug Use for the Elderly with Chronic Disease, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China; 3 Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2017-02-13 Online:2017-06-28 Published:2017-07-07
  • Contact: Li Ru-bing, M.D., Chief technician, Department of Pharmacy, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Rational Drug Use for the Elderly with Chronic Disease, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Chen Zao-mei, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Pharmacy, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Rational Drug Use for the Elderly with Chronic Disease, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China; Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Production and Research Projects of Guangdong Province, No. 2012B091100170; the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, No. 201509010012

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Postoperative tissue adhesions can cause serious complications, resulting in the loss of body function, which deeply affects the patient’s quality of life, and brings great threat to the life and health. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent postoperative tissue adhesion.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the achievement of absorbable anti-adhesion membrane in recent years, and to gain further insight into its advantages and disadvantages.
METHODS: PubMed and CNKI were searched for relevant articles about anti-adhesion materials or products published from 2005 to 2016. The key words were “absorbable membrane, absorbability, anti-stiction, anti-adhesion, electrospinning, electrospun, nano-fiber, anti adhesion membrane/film, biodegradability” in Chinese and English, respectively. In accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 42 articles were reviewed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Anti-adhesion membranes can effectively prevent postoperative adhesions, accelerate wound healing, and improve patients’ quality of life. Bio-films, prepared using the film casting method, have the shortcomings of brittleness and poor toughness, which limit its clinical application. However, the anti-adhesion membrane made by electrostatic spinning technology has the advantages of high plasticity and good adhesiveness. It not only has the function of preventing adhesion, but also has a good biocompatibility during the tissue healing process. More fortunately, it can be degraded or absorbed in the postoperative period, showing its potential advantages. Nano-fiber products prepared by electro-spinning technology possess excellent characteristics, such as specific surface-area, high porosity, strong adsorption, fine fibrousness, excellent mechanical properties and so on, which have attracted much attention in the biomedical field. Such products have been also widely used in wound repair, tissue engineering and absorbable anti-adhesion membranes.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程

Key words: Tissue Adhesions, Biofilms, Biocompatible Materials, Tissue Engineering

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