A photo-crosslinkable chitosan hydrogel for peripheral nerve anastomosis

Proceedings of the 2009 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rickett, Todd ^a   Amoozgar, Zohreh ^b   Sun, Wenjing ^c   Yeo, Yoon ^a,b   Shi, Riyi ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioadhesive; Chitosan; Nerve anastomosis; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

AMINO GROUP; BIOADHESIVE; BIOADHESIVES; CARBODIIMIDE CHEMISTRY; CHITOSAN HYDROGEL; CROSS-LINKABLE; EX-VIVO; FIBRIN GLUE; HIGH POTENTIAL; IN-SITU; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE REPAIR; NEURAL CELLS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHOTOCROSS-LINKING; SOLUTION GELS; SURGICAL THERAPY; TISSUE INFLAMMATION; UV ILLUMINATIONS;

ABERRATIONS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GELS; GLUES; GLUING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 74049135463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2009.5305460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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