This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Samuel Tahk during the MS01: Full-Day Military Surgical Symposium – Basic Science Presentations on April 11 2018
Keyword(s): acute wounds, angiogenesis, biocompatible, biointegratable, bioresorbable, chronic wounds, cost, dressing, dressing changes, fluid, foreign body removal, gold standard, granuloma, histological, hydrolysis, hydrophobic, infection, inflammatory mediators, inflammatory response, leg ulcers, limitations, mortality, necrosis, negative pressure wound therapy, NPWT, open abdomen, pain, PCL, pilot trial, polycaprolactone, polyurethane, PU, punch biopsy, scan electron microscopy, sponge dressing, standard of care, take back, thermoregulation, tissue granulation, trauma, wound care, wound contraction, wound healing