Development of Ciprofloxacin-Loaded Electrospun Yarns of Application Interest as Antimicrobial Surgical Suture Materials

• Main Authors: Jorge Teno (Author), Maria Pardo-Figuerez (Author), Zoran Evtoski (Author), Cristina Prieto (Author), Luis Cabedo (Author), Jose M. Lagaron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Surgical site infections (SSI) occur very frequently during post-operative procedures and are often treated with oral antibiotics, which may cause some side effects. This type of infection could be avoided by encapsulating antimicrobial/anti-inflammatory drugs within the surgical suture materials so...