Bridging extended nerve defects with an artificial nerve graft containing Schwann cells pre-seeded on polyglactin filaments

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-74

  Lohmeyer, Joem Andreas ^a,b   Shen, Z L ^a,c   Walter, G F ^a   Berger, A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioartificial organs; Collagen; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerves; Polyglactin 910; Schwann cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; DEFECTS; RATS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AXONAL REGENERATION; BIOARTIFICIAL NERVES; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; NERVE GRAFTS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLACTIN 910; SCHWANN CELLS; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

NEURONS;

COLLAGEN; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRANULOMA; IMPLANTATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 34147144915     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880703000109     Document Type: Article

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