Next-generation surgical meshes for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications: materials, design and emerging manufacturing technologies

F Corduas, DA Lamprou, E Mancuso - Bio-Design and Manufacturing, 2021 - Springer
Surgical meshes have been employed in the management of a variety of pathological
conditions including hernia, pelvic floor dysfunctions, periodontal guided bone regeneration …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention and management of pelvic organ prolapse

I Giarenis, D Robinson - F1000prime reports, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pelvic organ prolapse is a highly prevalent condition in the female population, which impairs
the health-related quality of life of affected individuals. Despite the lack of robust evidence …

Development of a UV crosslinked biodegradable hydrogel containing adipose derived stem cells to promote vascularization for skin wounds and tissue engineering

G Eke, N Mangir, N Hasirci, S MacNeil, V Hasirci - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to design a dermal substitute containing adipose derived stem
cells (ADSC) that can be used to improve the regeneration of skin on difficult wound beds by …

Two-dimensional black phosphorus and graphene oxide nanosheets synergistically enhance cell proliferation and osteogenesis on 3D printed scaffolds

X Liu, AL Miller, S Park, MN George… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as a new promising research topic for tissue
engineering because of their ability to alter the surface properties of tissue scaffolds and …

The effect of porous structure on the cell proliferation, tissue ingrowth and angiogenic properties of poly (glycerol sebacate urethane) scaffolds

A Samourides, L Browning, V Hearnden… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Novel, porous, biodegradable biomaterials which support tissue integration and
angiogenesis and which have elastomeric properties are needed to repair and replace soft …

Biomimetic poly (glycerol sebacate)/poly (l-lactic acid) blend scaffolds for adipose tissue engineering

M Frydrych, S Román, S MacNeil, B Chen - Acta Biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Large three-dimensional poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS)/poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) scaffolds
with similar bulk mechanical properties to native low and high stress adapted adipose tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Application of synthetic and natural polymers in surgical mesh for pelvic floor reconstruction

M Yuan, M Hu, F Dai, Y Fan, Z Deng, H Deng… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is a common gynecological problem that affects millions of
women. Current treatment strategies are to restore the normal anatomical structure by non …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial modification of PLA scaffolds with ascorbic and fumaric acids via plasma treatment

A Popelka, A Abdulkareem, AA Mahmoud… - Surface and Coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
An optimal medical scaffold should be biocompatible and biodegradable and should have
adequate mechanical properties and scaffold architecture porosity, a precise three …

Induction of endometrial mesenchymal stem cells into tissue-forming cells suitable for fascial repair

K Su, SL Edwards, KS Tan, JF White, S Kandel… - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Pelvic organ prolapse is a major hidden burden affecting almost one in four women. It is
treated by reconstructive surgery, often augmented with synthetic mesh. To overcome the …

Characterization of biodegradable poly (lactic acid) porous scaffolds prepared using selective enzymatic degradation for tissue engineering

Z Guo, C Yang, Z Zhou, S Chen, F Li - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, poly (lactic acid)(PLA) scaffolds were prepared by selective enzymatic
degradation using poly (3-hydrobutyrate-co-4-hydrobutyrate)[P (3HB-co-4HB)] …