Review: Bioengineering approaches for guided peripheral

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-160

  Wang, Pei Hwa ^a   Tseng, I Ling ^a   Hsu, Shan Hui ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological measurement; Functional recovery; Nerve conduit; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; EVALUATION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; FUNCTIONALIZED; HEALTH CONCERNS; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; TRAUMA PATIENTS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; COPOLYMER; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LAMININ; POLITEF; POLYESTER; SILICONE;

AUTOGRAFT; BIOENGINEERING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAIT; HUMAN; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 79960622699     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.902     Document Type: Review

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