Although many nerve prostheses have been proposed in recent years, in the case of consistent loss of nervous tissue peripheral nerve injury is still a traumatic pathology that may impair patient's movements by interrupting his motor-sensory pathways. In the last few decades tissue engineering has opened the door to new approaches;: however most of them make use of rigid channel guides that may cause cell loss due to the lack of physiological local stresses exerted over the nervous tissue during patient's movement. Electrospinning technique makes it possible to spin microfiber and nanofiber flexible tubular scaffolds composed of a number of natural and synthetic components, showing high porosity and remarkable surface/volume ratio.
Panseri, S., Cunha, C., Lowery, J., Del Carro, U., Taraballi, F., Amadio, S., et al. (2008). Electrospun micro- and nanofiber tubes for functional nervous regeneration in sciatic nerve transections. BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY, 8, 39 [10.1186/1472-6750-8-39].
Electrospun micro- and nanofiber tubes for functional nervous regeneration in sciatic nerve transections
VESCOVI, ANGELO LUIGI;
2008
Abstract
Although many nerve prostheses have been proposed in recent years, in the case of consistent loss of nervous tissue peripheral nerve injury is still a traumatic pathology that may impair patient's movements by interrupting his motor-sensory pathways. In the last few decades tissue engineering has opened the door to new approaches;: however most of them make use of rigid channel guides that may cause cell loss due to the lack of physiological local stresses exerted over the nervous tissue during patient's movement. Electrospinning technique makes it possible to spin microfiber and nanofiber flexible tubular scaffolds composed of a number of natural and synthetic components, showing high porosity and remarkable surface/volume ratio.
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