Manufacture of porous polymer nerve conduits through a lyophilizing and wire-heating process

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 659-664

  Huang, Yi Cheng ^a   Huang, Yi You ^a   Huang, Chun Chieh ^a   Liu, Hwa Chang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chitosan scaffold; Nerve conduits; Nerve regeneration; Poly(D,L lactide co glycolide (PLGA)

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLS; NEUROLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; TISSUE;

NERVE INJURY; POROUS POLYMER NERVE CONDUITS; SOLVENT SYSTEMS; WIRE-HEATING PROCESSES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

BICARBONATE; CHITOSAN; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FREEZE DRYING; HEATING; INFLAMMATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; CHROMIUM; FREEZE DRYING; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HEAT; INFLAMMATION; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE; NICKEL; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 21444455981     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30267     Document Type: Article

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