Biomaterials for Surgical Operation

Abstract

Recent surgical operations have been enhanced by using high-level technologies such as medical robotics and endoscopes for minimally invasive operations. However, modest technologies are still widely used as basic surgical tools. Generally, surgical operations involve tissue incision, excision, resection, suturing, ligation, hemostasis, sealing, adhesion prevention, etc. These procedures require instruments and devices made of metals or polymers. Metallic instruments used for general surgery include knives, needles, forceps, scalpels, retractors, distractors, etc, while commonly used polymeric devices are sutures, gauzes, hemostatic agents, sealants, tamponades, tubes, catheters, etc.