Nerve allografts and conduits in peripheral nerve repair

Hand Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-348

  Lin, Michael Y ^a   Manzano, Givenchy ^a   Gupta, Ranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Nerve conduit; Peripheral nerve injury; Peripheral nerve repair

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COPOLYMER; CYCLOSPORIN A; FIBRIN; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE CO EPSILON CAPROLACTONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NERVE ALLOGRAFT; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC NERVE CONDUIT; TISSUE CULTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALLOGRAFT; NERVE CONDUIT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR;

ALLOGRAFTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; FIBRIN; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 84881380756     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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