Injectable systems and implantable conduits for peripheral nerve repair

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Yen Chih ^a   Marra, Kacey G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYMERS; REPAIR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AXONAL REGENERATION; CELL CARRIER; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GROWTH FACTOR DELIVERY; HIGH WATER CONTENT; INJECTABLE HYDROGELS; INJECTABLE SYSTEMS; NATURAL BIOMATERIALS; NERVE GRAFTS; NERVE GUIDE; NERVE REPAIR; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

HYDROGELS;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHITOSAN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COLLAGEN; COPOLYMER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FILLER; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; POLITEF; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYSULFONE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILICONE; SOMATOMEDIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTABLE PORT SYSTEM; INJECTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER CONTENT; GEL; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GELS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84859412475     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/7/2/024102     Document Type: Review

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