Table 1:

Select fibrous and hydrogel-based nanomaterials employed as wound dressings in surgery.

Composition	Architecture	Mode of Administration	Animal Model, Wound Type	Skin Wound Closure (control vs. test)	Refs.
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) and poly(ethylene glycol)	Fiber	Blowspinning	Pig, partial thickness	100% vs. 80% (t=7d)	(Daristotle, Lau, et al., 2020)
Poly(lactide-co-caprolactone)	Fiber	Blowspinning	Pig, partial thickness	100% vs. 80% (t=7d)	(Daristotle et al., 2021)
Chitosan-poly(vinyl alcohol)-zinc oxide	Fiber	Electrospinning	Rabbit, full thickness	38% vs. 100% (t=12d)	(Ahmed et al., 2018)
L-nitroarginine polyester amide with Pluronic F127 and Tegaderm	Hydrogel	Prefabricated	Rat, full thickness	40% vs. 80% (t=7d)	(M. He et al., 2019)
Chitosan loaded with rose bengal, poly(pyrrole), poly(vinyl alcohol)	Hydrogel	Prefabricated	Rat, partial thickness	15% vs. 40% (t=8d)	(J. Wang et al., 2021)
Poly(vinyl alcohol)/glycerol loaded with curcumin	Hydrogel	Injection	Mouse, full thickness	20% vs. 70% (t=5d)	(Wu et al., 2023)
Gelatin/dopamine	Hydrogel	Injection	Mouse, full thickness	40% vs. 80% (t=7d)	(Y. Huang et al., 2020)
Poly(dopamine)–poly(acrylamide)	Hydrogel	Prefabricated	Mouse, full thickness	10% vs. 50% (t=5d)	(Han, Yan, et al., 2017)