A biomaterials approach to peripheral nerve regeneration: bridging the peripheral nerve gap and enhancing functional recovery

W Daly, L Yao, D Zeugolis… - Journal of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Microsurgical techniques for the treatment of large peripheral nerve injuries (such as the
gold standard autograft) and its main clinically approved alternative—hollow nerve guidance …

Mesenchymal stem cell treatment perspectives in peripheral nerve regeneration: systematic review

A Lavorato, S Raimondo, M Boido, L Muratori… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Traumatic peripheral nerve lesions affect hundreds of thousands of patients every year; their
consequences are life-altering and often devastating and cause alterations in movement …

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 …

Biomimetic architectures for peripheral nerve repair: a review of biofabrication strategies

PA Wieringa, AR Gonçalves de Pinho… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biofabrication techniques have endeavored to improve the regeneration of the peripheral
nervous system (PNS), but nothing has surpassed the performance of current clinical …

Nerve repair by means of tubulization: past, present, future

P Konofaos, JP Ver Halen - Journal of reconstructive …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Peripheral nerve injury may result in injury without gaps or injury with gaps between nerve
stumps. In the presence of a nerve defect, the placement of an autologous nerve graft is the …

Naturally occurring biological macromolecules-based hydrogels: Potential biomaterials for peripheral nerve regeneration

H Samadian, H Maleki, A Fathollahi, M Salehi… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the recent advances in the treatment strategies of peripheral nerve system defects,
peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is still one of the most important health issues with increasing …

Bioactive silk‐based nerve guidance conduits for augmenting peripheral nerve repair

A Magaz, A Faroni, JE Gough, AJ Reid… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Repair of peripheral nerve injuries depends upon complex biology stemming from the
manifold and challenging injury‐healing processes of the peripheral nervous system. While …

Biomimetic neural scaffolds: a crucial step towards optimal peripheral nerve regeneration

J Du, H Chen, L Qing, X Yang, X Jia - Biomaterials science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Peripheral nerve injury is a common disease that affects more than 20 million people in the
United States alone and remains a major burden to society. The current gold standard …

Graphene-related nanomaterials for biomedical applications

AI Lazăr, K Aghasoleimani, A Semertsidou, J Vyas… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper builds on the context and recent progress on the control, reproducibility, and
limitations of using graphene and graphene-related materials (GRMs) in biomedical …

Advances and clinical challenges for translating nerve conduit technology from bench to bed side for peripheral nerve repair

P Meena, A Kakkar, M Kumar, N Khatri, RK Nagar… - Cell and tissue …, 2021 - Springer
Injuries to the peripheral nervous system remain a large-scale clinical problem. These
injuries often lead to loss of motor and/or sensory function that significantly affects patients' …