Significant Role of Polymers in the Field of Surgery
Niharika Kulshrestha
Polymers have unique features which make their wide application. The unique features of polymers such as high flexibility, durability, mechanical stability, light weight, easy to use, easily available, low cost etc. make them useable in various industrial, homely, electrochemical, electrical, electronics, medical, biomedical, surgery and food packaging. This chapter mainly focused on the application of polymers in the field of surgery. In the older methods, absence of polymers was facing limitations like decreased mechanical stability and low adherence to tissue surface. This chapter also discussed that different shape memory polymers can be used in surgery.
Keywords
Polymers, Surgery, Bio-medical, Shape Memory Polymers, Biopolymers
Published online 2/15/2025, 12 pages
Citation: Niharika Kulshrestha, Significant Role of Polymers in the Field of Surgery, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 172, pp 187-198, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903353-7
Part of the book on Applications of Polymers in Surgery II
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