Synthesis of degradable poly(l-lactide-co-ethylene glycol) porous tubes by liquid-liquid centrifugal casting for use as nerve guidance channels

Biomaterials

Volumn 26, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 7555-7563

  Goraltchouk, Alex ^a,b   Freier, Thomas ^a,b   Shoichet, Molly S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centrifugal casting; Nerve guidance channels; Poly(ethylene glycol); Poly(lactide); Polymer tubes

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

NERVE GUIDANCE CHANNELS; POLY(LACTIDE); POLYMER TUBES; REGENERATION;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; MACROGOL; OLIGOMER; POLY(LEVO LACTIDE CO ETHYLENE GLYCOL); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 23944477624     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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