Peripheral nerve repair through multi-luminal biosynthetic implants

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1815-1828

  Tansey, K E ^a,b,c   Seifert, J L ^d   Botterman, B ^e   Delgado, M R ^f,g   Romero, M I ^d  

^a SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^f TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic nerve implant; Collagen; Multi luminal nerve repair; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Sensory fiber regeneration

Indexed keywords

3-D SUBSTRATE; AXONAL REGENERATION; BIOSYNTHETIC NERVE IMPLANT; COLLAGEN MATRICES; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; FUNCTIONAL REGENERATION; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-LUMINAL NERVE REPAIR; NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RAT SCIATIC NERVE; REPAIR STRATEGY; SENSORY FIBER REGENERATION; SENSORY NEURONS; TUBULAR SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CABLES; COLLAGEN; HYDROGELS; NEURONS; RECOVERY; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

REPAIR;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; INJURY; LEWIS RAT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELLS, CULTURED; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MICE; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79958819182     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0277-6     Document Type: Article

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