Cultivated epithelial autografts as multilayered thin sheets represent common standard in
clinically applied tissue engineering substitutes, outnumbering all experimental alternatives …

Skin tissue bioengineering is an emerging field that brings together interdisciplinary teams
to promote successful translation to clinical care. Extensive deep tissue injuries, such as …

The last two years have seen new tissue-engineered skin substitutes come onto the market
and begin to resolve the various roles to which each is best suited. It is becoming evident …

Résumé Tissue engineering is a rapidly developing field. This technology could offer a new
alternative for wound repair and organ replacement. It is based on the ability of living cells …

Background: Skin substitutes prepared from cultured skin cells and biopolymers may reduce
requirements for donor skin autograft, and have been shown to be effective in treatment of …

The challenge of the facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon is to provide or alter structural
tissue where damage or deformity is present, and ultimately to create an appropriate …

The recent development of human-derived and new synthetic filling agents heralds a new
era in soft-tissue augmentation. Many of the disadvantages of xenogenic and prior …

Tissue engineering is an important tool for the treatment of damaged surface and lining
epithelia. A source of cells and biocompatible substrates upon which cells can grow and …

This chapter focuses on the tissue engineering approaches that have been developed for
the treatment of skin wounds with the aim of promoting cutaneous regeneration. It aims at …

There has been a perpetual demand for skin and its replacements, which has fuelled
advances in the development of novel skin substitutes. The field of skin bioengineering has …