Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical assembly comprising a surgical barrier aspect comprising polylactic acid, and a hydrophilic mucoadhesive aspect, wherein the surgical barrier aspect is provided on a first side of the assembly and the mucoadhesive aspect is provided on a second side of the assembly. The disclosure also relates to a medical assembly comprising a surgical barrier aspect, a short term mucoadhesive aspect, an intermediate term protein polymerization adhesive aspect, and a long term tissue ingrowth implant localization aspect. The aforementioned medical assemblies may be provided as layered sheet structures. Also provided are methods for preparing a medical assembly.