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| Author(s): |
Walter Anibal Rammazzina Filho
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Química |
| Defense date: | 2011-05-09 |
| Examining board members: |
Angela Maria Moraes;
Luismar Marques Porto;
João Sinézio de Carvalho Campos
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| Advisor: | José Alberto Fracassi da Silva; Angela Maria Moraes |
| Abstract | |
The use of implants in surgical correction of the abdominal wall is frequently required. Polypropylene meshes can be successfully employed for this purpose, having good tissue acceptance and low cost. The use of this biomaterial, however, can lead to undesired adhesion between tissues and/or between organs such as the liver and intestines and the mesh, resulting in abdominal pain, bowel obstruction and infertility. In this context, the objective of this work was to develop different coatings of polypropylene meshes, focusing on the deposition of solutions of chitosan of low and medium molecular weight and polyethylene glycol (PEG) of molecular weight equal to 1000 Da by electrospinning. For comparison, polypropylene meshes were alternatively coated by immersion in different solutions combining chitosan and PEG. In the studies of coating via electrospinning, the effect of the variables type of solvent for the dissolution of chitosan and PEG, coating solution flow rate, chitosan to PEG mass ratio, the potential difference used during the deposition and the distance between the mesh and the injection jet were evaluated. Meshes coated by immersion in chitosan (both with low and medium molar mass) and PEG solutions with total solids concentration of 1% were satisfactory for purposes of physical barrier in hernia surgery, considering aspect, uniformity, mean thickness (1140 and 990 mm, respectively), mass loss (5.1 and 8.9%, respectively) and the capacity of fluid absorption (0.76 and 0.59 g/g, respectively). Coating by electrospinning resulted in the deposition of entangled fibers on the surface of the meshes, which had final thickness ranging between 581 and 612 mm, losses of mass between 4.9 and 9.2% in simulated body fluid, absorption capacity of 0.17 to 0.36 g/g in the same fluid and fiber diameters from 20.9 to 92.2 mm. Coating the meshes via electrospinning resulted in thinner biomaterials and with less associated mass, with good potential for use in the intended application (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/06463-7 - Coating of Polypropylene Mesh with Chitosan and Polyethylene Glycol Through Electrospinning Deposition |
| Grantee: | Walter Anibal Rammazzina Filho |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |