Tehnika (Jan 2024)

Medical application of polylactide (PLA)

  • Stoisavljević Zorana Z.,
  • Galović Slobodanka P.,
  • Đorđević Katarina L.J.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5937/tehnika2401014S
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 79, no. 1
pp. 14 – 19

Abstract

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In this paper, the possibilities of using polylactide (PLA) in various fields of medicine are briefly mentioned. Also, the most important characteristics of this biomaterial are described and examples of the two most common polymers that have significant medical applications are given.

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