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ArticleProgress in biomaterials2018

Synthetic polymeric biomaterials for wound healing: a review.

Mariam Mir, Murtaza Najabat Ali, Afifa Barakullah, Ayesha Gulzar, Munam Arshad, Shizza Fatima, Maliha Asad

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Article in Progress in biomaterials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers.

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140citing papers in PubMed
34.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 511 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Polyphenols in wound healing: unlocking prospects with clinical applications.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mariam MirBiomedical Engineering and Sciences Department, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Murtaza Najabat AliBiomedical Engineering and Sciences Department, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan. drmurtaza@smme.nust.edu.pk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2240-6338
Afifa BarakullahBiomedical Engineering and Sciences Department, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ayesha GulzarBiomedical Engineering and Sciences Department, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Munam ArshadBiomedical Engineering and Sciences Department, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Shizza FatimaBiomedical Engineering and Sciences Department, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Maliha AsadBiomedical Engineering and Sciences Department, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
National University of Sciences and Technology · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wounds are of a variety of types and each category has its own distinctive healing requirements. This realization has spurred the development of a myriad of wound dressings, each with specific characteristics. It is unrealistic to expect a singular dressing to embrace all characteristics that would fulfill generic needs for wound healing. However, each dressing may approach the ideal requirements by deviating from the 'one size fits all approach', if it conforms strictly to the specifications of the wound and the patient. Indeed, a functional wound dressing should achieve healing of the wound with minimal time and cost expenditures. This article offers an insight into several different types of polymeric materials clinically used in wound dressings and the events taking place at cellular level, which aid the process of healing, while the biomaterial dressing interacts with the body tissue. Hence, the significance of using synthetic polymer films, foam dressings, hydrocolloids, alginate dressings, and hydrogels has been reviewed, and the properties of these materials that conform to wound-healing requirements have been explored. A special section on bioactive dressings and bioengineered skin substitutes that play an active part in healing process has been re-examined in this work.

Indexed as

Bio-engineering skin substitutesHydrocolloidsHydrogelsPolymeric biomaterialsWound healing

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PMID29446015
PMCPMC5823812
OpenAlexW2793804500

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