Responsive hydrogel dressings for intelligent wound management

Abstract Due to global aging problems, the rising number of patients suffering from chronic or hard‐to‐heal acute wounds imposes a significant burden on healthcare systems. Wound healing is a complicated and dynamic physiological process with distinct molecular and cellular levels at each phase. Despite numerous strategies and advanced wound dressings being developed, successful wound management through smart dressing materials that can adapt to changing wound microenvironments and address the needs of wounds at different stages remains a big challenge. Over the last decade, hydrogel‐based dressings have emerged as one of the most potent biomaterials for wound treatment with favorable biological…

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