Prenatal repair of myelomeningocele with aligned nanofibrous scaffolds - A pilot study in sheep

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2279-2283

  Saadai, Payam ^a   Nout, Yvette S ^b   Encinas, Jose ^c   Wang, Aijun ^d   Downing, Timothy L ^d   Beattie, Michael S ^a   Bresnahan, Jacqueline C ^a   Li, Song ^d   Farmer, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Nanotechnology; Scaffold; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; MYELIN;

AUTOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYSTEROTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIKARYON; PILOT STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPIES; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; INFLAMMATION; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NANOFIBERS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERS; PREGNANCY; REGENERATION; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 83455166284     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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