Wound dressings – a review

Wound healing is a dynamic and complex process which requires suitable environment to promote healing process. With the advancement in technology, more than 3000 products have been developed to treat different types of wounds by targeting various aspects of healing process. The present review traces the history of dressings from its earliest inception to the current status and also discusses the advantage and limitations of the dressing materials.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  BioMedicine

• Publication date

  2015-11-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science

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  DOI 10.7603/s40681-015-0022-9PMID 26615539PMCID 4662938
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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