Peripheral nerve conduits: Technology update

Medical Devices: Evidence and Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 405-424

  Arslantunali, D ^a,b   Dursun, T ^a   Yucel, D ^a,c   Hasirci, N ^a   Hasirci, V ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GUMUSHANE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Natural biomaterials; Peripheral nerve injury; Synthetic biomaterials

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIONS; NATURAL BIOMATERIALS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNTHETIC BIOMATERIALS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

REPAIR;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COPOLYMER; FIBRONECTIN; GELATIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; KERATIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYOL; POLYPYRROLE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILK FIBROIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE CONDUIT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 84914668651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/MDER.S59124     Document Type: Review

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