Peripheral nerve regeneration through guidance tubes

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-160

  Belkas, Jason S ^a   Shoichet, Molly S ^b   Midha, Rajiv ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomaterial considerations; Clinical trials; Peripheral nerve injury; Peripheral nerve repair; Synthetic nerve conduits; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIOMATERIAL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; LAMININ; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLITEF; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMACON; POLYMER; POLYPYRROLE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 1842607304     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225013798     Document Type: Review

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