Sciatic nerve repair by reinforced nerve conduits made of gelatin-tricalcium phosphate composites

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 96 A, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-300

  Yang, Yi Chin ^a   Shen, Chiung Chyi ^b,c   Cheng, Hsu Chen ^a   Liu, Bai Shuan ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

biodegradable nerve guide conduit; neural stem cell; peripheral nerve regeneration; structural reinforcement

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE NERVE GUIDE CONDUIT; CERAMIC PARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; GENIPIN; GROSS EXAMINATIONS; HISTOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; IMPLANTATION PERIODS; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GUIDE CONDUITS; NEURAL STEM CELL; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; RAT SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVES; SILICONE GROUPS; STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT; SWELLING TEST; TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATES; WALKING TRACKS; WATER UPTAKE;

BIOMECHANICS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; REPAIR; SILICONES; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

CROSSLINKING;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CERAMIC; GELATIN; GENIPIN; SILICONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GELATIN; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; IRIDOID GLYCOSIDES; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WALKING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78650451553     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32973     Document Type: Article

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