Up-to-Date Use of Amnion in Surgery

Abstract

This review article presents the properties, modalities of preservation, and therapeutic applications of human amniotic membranes, as revealed by numerous data from the literature. Amniotic membranes have a series of qualities: wound protection, pain decrease, infection prevention, good adherence to the wound bed, promotion of epithelization, low antigenicity, cost-effectiveness, and quite easy availability. The main clinical utilization has been for burns treatment, as temporary biological dressings. Other therapeutic applications have been for wound coverage and as mucosal substitutes in different surgical specialties. Further studies are necessary to establish the best therapeutic indications and modalities of application.