Hybrid-Based Wound Dressings: Combination of Synthetic and Biopolymers
| dc.contributor.author | Aderibigbe, Blessing Atim 0000-0003-1157-7481 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-11T04:13:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-11T04:13:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-09-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Most commercialized wound dressings are polymer-based. Synthetic and natural polymers have been utilized widely for the development of wound dressings. However, the use of naturalpolymers is limited by their poor mechanical properties, resulting in their combination with synthetic polymers and other materials to enhance their mechanical properties. Natural polymers are mostly affordable, biocompatible, and biodegradable with promising antimicrobial activity. They have been further tailored into unique hybrid wound dressings when combined with synthetic polymers and selected biomaterials. Some important features required in an ideal wound dressing include the capability to prevent bacteria invasion, reduce odor, absorb exudates, be comfortable, facilitate easy application and removal as well as frequent changing, prevent further skin tear and irritation when applied or removed, and provide a moist environment and soothing effect, be permeable to gases, etc. The efficacy of polymers in the design of wound dressings cannot be overemphasized. This review article reports the efficacy of wound dressings prepared from a combination of synthetic and natural polymers. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the South African Medical Research Council and National Research Foundation. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Aderibigbe, B.A. Hybrid-Based Wound Dressings: Combination of Synthetic and Biopolymers. Polymers 2022, 14, 3806. https://doi.org/10.3390/ polym14183806 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2073-4360 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/3682 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | |
| dc.subject | hybrid wound dressings | |
| dc.subject | synthetic polymers | |
| dc.subject | skin regeneration | |
| dc.subject | natural polymers | |
| dc.subject | wound healing | |
| dc.subject | wounds | |
| dc.subject | wound dressings | |
| dc.subject | biomaterials | |
| dc.title | Hybrid-Based Wound Dressings: Combination of Synthetic and Biopolymers | |
| dc.type | Article |