Biologically Targeted Photo-Crosslinkable Nanopatch to Prevent Postsurgical Peritoneal Adhesion

Yu Mi, Feifei Yang, Cameron Bloomquist, Youli Xia, Bo Sun, Yanfei Qi, Kyle Wagner, Stephanie A. Montgomery, Tian Zhang, Andrew Z. Wang

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Abstract

Peritoneal adhesion occurs in a majority of patients following abdominal surgery and can result in significant side effects and complications. Current strategies to minimize adhesions involve the use of nontargeted anatomical barriers that are either inefficient in protecting injured areas or lacking the adequate residence time to prevent adhesions. Herein, the development of a biologically targeted photo-crosslinkable nanopatch (pCNP) is reported that can prevent postsurgical adhesion. It is demonstrated that pCNP can form a compact protective barrier over surfaces with exposed collagen IV. Using a rat parietal peritoneal excision adhesion model, it is showed that pCNP is highly effective and safe in preventing postsurgical adhesions. This work presents a novel approach to preventing peritoneal adhesion with nanomaterials.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number1900809
JournalAdvanced Science
Volume6
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • abdominal surgery
  • biological targeting
  • nanomaterials
  • peritoneal adhesion
  • photo-crosslinking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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