Biodegradable polymers are used in medical devices to avoid a second operation to remove them, or to gradually release a drug [http://www.devicelink.com/mpb/archive/98/03/002.html Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers as Medical Devices. 1998 ]
First medical use : Catgut sutures
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