Biomaterials for Surgical Operation
Biomaterials for Surgical Operation offers a review of the latest advances made in developing bioabsorbable devices for surgical operations which include surgical adhesives (sealants), barriers for the prevention of tissue adhesion, polymers for fractured
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Shuko Suzuki
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Yoshito Ikada
Biomaterials for Surgical Operation
Shuko Suzuki Graduate School Department of Medical Engineering Nara Medical University Shijo-cho 840, Kashihara-shi 634-8521 Nara Japan [email protected]; [email protected]
Yoshito Ikada Graduate School Department of Medical Engineering Nara Medical University Shijo-cho 840, Kashihara-shi 634-8521 Nara Japan [email protected]; [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-61779-569-5 e-ISBN 978-1-61779-570-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-61779-570-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011942918 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Humana Press, c/o Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Recent surgical operations have been enhanced by using high-level technologies such as medical robotics and endoscopes for minimally invasive operations. However, modest technologies are still widely used as basic surgical tools. Generally, surgical operations involve tissue incision, excision, resection, suturing, ligation, hemostasis, sealing, adhesion prevention, etc. These procedures require instruments and devices made of metals or polymers. Metallic instruments used for general surgery include knives, needles, forceps, scalpels, retractors, distractors, etc, while commonly used polymeric devices are sutures, gauzes, hemostatic agents, sealants, tamponades, tubes, catheters, etc. This work focuses on polymeric surgical devices, especially bioabsorbable devices used during surgical operations and this is mainly due to the tremendous amount of investigations designed to improve these devices that are still problematic due to their poor performance. Biomaterials for Surgical Operation consists of nine chapters, devoting the first three chapters to serve as an introduction to the following chapters. First, undesirable biological reactions that occur during or after surgery which jus
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