Bioartificial tracheal grafts: Can tissue engineering keep its promise?

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-250

  Walles, Thorsten ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Tissue engineering; Tracheal patching; Tracheal substitute; Vascularized matrix

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE; STEEL; TANTALUM; TITANIUM;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRACHEA SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 13544277160     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.1.2.241     Document Type: Review

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