title: Biodegradable elastomers in drug delivery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Biodegradable elastomers have been used in many different manners for controlled drug delivery. The development of new biodegradable elastomers has recently increased, driven mainly by tissue engineering research.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This review outlines the different uses of biodegradable elastomers in controlled release.
  
  
  METHODS
  This review was limited to those papers wherein the polymer chosen as the delivery vehicle was demonstrably elastomeric.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Biodegradable elastomers have an established role in controlled release and an expanding role in combination scaffolds providing controlled release and mechanical stimulation capability for tissue regeneration/engineering.
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. brian.amsden@chee.queensu.ca
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Amsden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D020724:Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D020724:Elastomers