Progress of Hydrogel Dressings with Wound Monitoring and Treatment Functions

Hydrogels are widely used in wound dressings due to their moisturizing properties and biocompatibility. However, traditional hydrogel dressings cannot monitor wounds and provide accurate treatment. Recent advancements focus on hydrogel dressings with integrated monitoring and treatment functions, us...

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Published in:Gels 2023-08, Vol.9 (9), p.694
Main Authors: Jin, Shanshan, Newton, Md All Amin, Cheng, Hongju, Zhang, Qinchen, Gao, Weihong, Zheng, Yuansheng, Lu, Zan, Dai, Zijian, Zhu, Jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bedsores
Biocompatibility
Care and treatment
Chemical bonds
Commercialization
Dextrose
Glucose
Human body
hydrogel
Hydrogels
Infections
Injuries
Monitoring
Nanocomposites
Pathogens
Physiology
Review
Skin
Smart materials
Trauma
treatment
Trends
Ulcers
Viscoelasticity
wound dressing
Wound healing
wound monitoring
Wounds and injuries
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Summary:Hydrogels are widely used in wound dressings due to their moisturizing properties and biocompatibility. However, traditional hydrogel dressings cannot monitor wounds and provide accurate treatment. Recent advancements focus on hydrogel dressings with integrated monitoring and treatment functions, using sensors or intelligent materials to detect changes in the wound microenvironment. These dressings enable responsive treatment to promote wound healing. They can carry out responsive dynamic treatment in time to effectively promote wound healing. However, there is still a lack of comprehensive reviews of hydrogel wound dressings that incorporate both wound micro-environment monitoring and treatment functions. Therefore, this review categorizes hydrogel dressings according to wound types and examines their current status, progress, challenges, and future trends. It discusses various wound types, including infected wounds, burns, and diabetic and pressure ulcers, and explores the wound healing process. The review presents hydrogel dressings that monitor wound conditions and provide tailored treatment, such as pH-sensitive, temperature-sensitive, glucose-sensitive, pressure-sensitive, and nano-composite hydrogel dressings. Challenges include developing dressings that meet the standards of excellent biocompatibility, improving monitoring accuracy and sensitivity, and overcoming obstacles to production and commercialization. Furthermore, it provides the current status, progress, challenges, and future trends in this field, aiming to give a clear view of its past, present, and future.
ISSN:2310-2861
2310-2861
DOI:10.3390/gels9090694