Coated chitosan onto gauze to efficient conditions for maintenance of the wound microenvironment

The aim of this work was to evaluate the thermo-physiological comfort and moisture properties of surgical cotton gauze coated with chitosan (CH). Gauze was coated with CH at mass fractions of 0.50, 0.25, 0.125, 0.10, 0.063 wt%. Results indicate that the functionalized medical gauze induces low capil...

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Main Author: Souza, Jefferson (author)
Other Authors: Matos, José (author), Fernandes, Margarida Maria Macedo (author), Zille, Andrea (author), Fangueiro, Raúl (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/46084
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/46084