3D printed personalized nerve guide conduits for precision repair of peripheral nerve defects

K Liu, L Yan, R Li, Z Song, J Ding, B Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The treatment of peripheral nerve defects has always been one of the most challenging
clinical practices in neurosurgery. Currently, nerve autograft is the preferred treatment …

Current and novel polymeric biomaterials for neural tissue engineering

R Boni, A Ali, A Shavandi, AN Clarkson - Journal of biomedical science, 2018 - Springer
The nervous system is a crucial component of the body and damages to this system, either
by of injury or disease, can result in serious or potentially lethal consequences. Restoring …

FDA approved guidance conduits and wraps for peripheral nerve injury: a review of materials and efficacy

S Kehoe, XF Zhang, D Boyd - Injury, 2012 - Elsevier
Several nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) and nerve protectant wraps are approved by the
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical use in peripheral nerve repair. These …

Aligned PLLA nanofibrous scaffolds coated with graphene oxide for promoting neural cell growth

K Zhang, H Zheng, S Liang, C Gao - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The graphene oxide (GO) has attracted tremendous attention in biomedical fields. In order to
combine the unique physicochemical properties of GO nanosheets with topological structure …

Approaches to peripheral nerve repair: generations of biomaterial conduits yielding to replacing autologous nerve grafts in craniomaxillofacial surgery

R Gaudin, C Knipfer, A Henningsen… - BioMed research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Peripheral nerve injury is a common clinical entity, which may arise due to traumatic,
tumorous, or even iatrogenic injury in craniomaxillofacial surgery. Despite advances in …

Chitosan/silk fibroin-based, Schwann cell-derived extracellular matrix-modified scaffolds for bridging rat sciatic nerve gaps

Y Gu, J Zhu, C Xue, Z Li, F Ding, Y Yang, X Gu - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a prominent role in establishing and maintaining an ideal
microenvironment for tissue regeneration, and ECM scaffolds are used as a feasible …

3D anisotropic photocatalytic architectures as bioactive nerve guidance conduits for peripheral neural regeneration

Z Zhang, ML Jørgensen, Z Wang, J Amagat, Y Wang… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Great research efforts have been invested in developing nerve guidance conduits (NGCs),
which can direct axons advance and guide peripheral neural regeneration. Here, three …

A conductive sodium alginate and carboxymethyl chitosan hydrogel doped with polypyrrole for peripheral nerve regeneration

Y Bu, HX Xu, X Li, WJ Xu, Y Yin, H Dai, X Wang… - RSC …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer materials with electrically conductive properties have good applications in their
respective fields because of their special properties. However, they usually exhibited poor …

Natural and synthetic polymeric scaffolds used in peripheral nerve tissue engineering: Advantages and disadvantages

S Amini, H Salehi, M Setayeshmehr… - Polymers for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The nervous system is a compound network of nerves, cells and is a vital part of the body.
The injuries to this system can occur either via traumatic hurt happening after the accident …

Functional polymer‐based nerve guide conduits to promote peripheral nerve regeneration

X Zhang, W Qu, D Li, K Shi, R Li, Y Han… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bridging critical‐sized defects in peripheral nerves to achieve functional recovery is a
challenge for orthopedic and hand surgeons. Inadequate regeneration of peripheral nerve …