Natural fiber reinforced biodegradable staples: Novel approach for efficient wound closure

Every year millions of lacerations and incisions taken place and require an effective methodology to manage the wound for a better life. The primary causes include mechanical trauma and surgical procedures. The rapid healing of the wound is critical to prevent further infection and reduction pain etc. Current options comprise of sutures, staplers, surgical strips and glues, again the intervention depends on the type of wound and the surgeon preference. The current wound closure techniques pose various potent limitations and confronting the problems to create a desired wound closure technique is necessary for faster and effective wound healing management. The surgical staplers are fast and easy to use wound closure devices, which approximates the edges of the wounds together by staples. The staples are mostly made up of metals like titanium and stainless steel. By modifying the existing stapling method using biodegradable staples that are expected to have good mechanical properties, not require removal procedure, minimized scarring and an overall acceleration in wound healing with minimal complications. Present, the paper focuses on the novel hypothesis on natural fiber reinforced biodegradable polymer staples as wound enclosures with high strength and degradability.