A novel strategy for prefabrication of large and axially vascularized tissue engineered bone by using an arteriovenous loop

LL Ren, DY Ma, X Feng, TQ Mao, YP Liu, Y Ding - Medical hypotheses, 2008 - Elsevier
The repair of bone defects remains a major clinical challenge because none available
reconstruction methods and biomaterials have been proved completely satisfactory. As a …

Engineering of vascularized transplantable bone tissues: induction of axial vascularization in an osteoconductive matrix using an arteriovenous loop

U Kneser, E Polykandriotis, J Ohnolz, K Heidner… - Tissue …, 2006 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: Vascularization remains an obstacle to engineering of larger volume bone
tissues. Our aim was to induce axial vascularization in a processed bovine cancellous bone …

Successful human long‐term application of in situ bone tissue engineering

RE Horch, JP Beier, U Kneser… - Journal of cellular and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Tissue Engineering (TE) and Regenerative Medicine (RM) have gained much
popularity because of the tremendous prospects for the care of patients with tissue and …

Rabbit tibial periosteum and saphenous arteriovenous vascular bundle as an in vivo bioreactor to construct vascularized tissue‐engineered bone: a feasibility study

D Han, X Guan, J Wang, J Wei, Q Li - Artificial organs, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this project was to construct vascularized tissue‐engineered living bone with an
autologous vascular network by means of a rabbit bioreactor in vivo. The key components of …

Prefabrication of axially vascularized bone by combining β-tricalciumphosphate, arteriovenous loop, and cell sheet technique

D Ma, L Ren, Z Cao, J Li, J Cao, W Tian… - Tissue engineering and …, 2016 - Springer
The repair of bone defects poses a great challenge for reconstructive surgeons. Although
the development of tißsue engineering has exhibited promise in replacing damaged bone …

Fabrication of vascularized bone flaps with sustained release of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 and arteriovenous bundle

B Li, C Ruan, Y Ma, Z Huang, Z Huang… - … Engineering Part A, 2018 - liebertpub.com
It is a common treatment strategy in the clinic to transplant a vascularized bone flap for a
large bone defect. But it is difficult for peripheral blood vessels to grow into the central region …

Prefabrication of vascularized bone graft using guided bone regeneration

A Hokugo, Y Kubo, Y Takahashi, A Fukuda… - Tissue …, 2004 - liebertpub.com
This article describes the prefabrication of a vascularized bone graft composed of
autologous particulate cancellous bone and marrow (PCBM), a vessel bundle, and a …

Research progress of vascularization strategies of tissue-engineered bone

N Lv, Z Zhou, M Hou, L Hong, H Li, Z Qian… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The bone defect caused by fracture, bone tumor, infection, and other causes is not only a
problematic point in clinical treatment but also one of the hot issues in current research. The …

Scaffolds for vascularized bone regeneration: advances and challenges

AR Boccaccini, U Kneser, A Arkudas - Expert review of medical …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Editorial vascularization is the key challenge in tissue engineering (not only in bone
engineering)[10]. Vascularization can either be achieved by an extrinsic or an intrinsic …

Acceleration of vascularized bone tissue-engineered constructs in a large animal model combining intrinsic and extrinsic vascularization

A Weigand, JP Beier, A Hess, T Gerber… - … Engineering Part A, 2015 - liebertpub.com
During the last decades, a range of excellent and promising strategies in Bone Tissue
Engineering have been developed. However, the remaining major problem is the lack of …