Textile-Based and Composite Wound Dressing Materials: A Review

Abstract

In this study, current wound dressing materials including textile and engineering materials; species have been extensively researched and compared for their performance in wound healing. It has been observed that the studies in the literature are generally on a certain artificial tissue, wound type or wound dressing. In this thesis study, current studies in the field of wound dressing and artificial tissue, which are widely covered in the literature, are given within the scope of textile surfaces. First of all, wounds due to loss of healthy epithelial tissue in the body and their types, wound healing were examined in order to evaluate the performance of defined wound dressings, and studies on wound dressing types, textile and composite based wound dressing materials, their properties and the performance expected from wound dressings were evaluated. In the continuation of the study, modern wound dressings and modern dressings were given according to the materials from which they are produced and the active ingredient content of natural and artificial dressings.

Keywords

• Wound dressings
• textile
• textile composites
• Medical textiles

Tekstil Bazlı ve Kompozit Yapıda Yara Örtücü Malzemeler: Bir Derleme

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, tekstil ve mühendislik malzemelerini içeren yara örtücü güncel malzemeler; türleri, yara iyileştirmedeki performanslarına yönelik geniş kapsamlı olarak araştırılmış ve karşılaştırılmıştır. Literatürdeki araştırmaların genellikle belirli bir yapay doku, yara çeşidi veya yara örtüsü üzerine olduğu görülmüştür. Çalışmada öncelikle, vücutta sağlıklı epitel doku kaybından dolayı oluşan yaralar ve çeşitleri tanımlanmış, yara örtücülerin performasını değerlendirebilmek için yaranın iyileşmesi incelenmiş, yara örtücü çeşitleri, tekstil ve kompozit bazlı yara örtücü malzemeleri, özellikleri ve yara örtücülerden beklenen performansa yönelik çalışmalar değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmanın devamında, doğal ve yapay yara örtücü çeşitlerini üretildikleri malzemelere göre, etken madde içeriğine göre modern yara örtücüler şeklinde modern yara örtücüler verilmiştir.

Keywords

• Yara örtücüler
• Medikal tekstil
• Teknik tekstil
• Tekstil kompozitleri

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