Construction of tissue engineered nerve grafts and their application in peripheral nerve regeneration

X Gu, F Ding, Y Yang, J Liu - Progress in neurobiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Surgical repair of severe peripheral nerve injuries represents not only a pressing medical
need, but also a great clinical challenge. Autologous nerve grafting remains a golden …

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 …

A survey on computer vision for assistive medical diagnosis from faces

J Thevenot, MB López, A Hadid - IEEE journal of biomedical …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic medical diagnosis is an emerging center of interest in computer vision as it
provides unobtrusive objective information on a patient's condition. The face, as a mirror of …

Acellular nerve allografts in peripheral nerve regeneration: a comparative study

AM Moore, M MacEwan, KB Santosa… - Muscle & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Processed nerve allografts offer a promising alternative to nerve autografts in
the surgical management of peripheral nerve injuries where short deficits exist. Methods …

Nerve conduits and growth factor delivery in peripheral nerve repair

LA Pfister, M Papaloïzos, HP Merkle… - Journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Peripheral nerves possess the capacity of self‐regeneration after traumatic injury.
Transected peripheral nerves can be bridged by direct surgical coaptation of the two nerve …

Effects of motor versus sensory nerve grafts on peripheral nerve regeneration

CM Nichols, MJ Brenner, IK Fox, TH Tung… - Experimental …, 2004 - Elsevier
Autologous nerve grafting is the current standard of care for nerve injuries resulting in a
nerve gap. This treatment requires the use of sensory grafts to reconstruct motor defects, but …

Peripheral nerve injury and axonotmesis: State of the art and recent advances

R Alvites, A Rita Caseiro, S Santos Pedrosa… - Cogent …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Peripheral nerve lesions are frequent occurrences in both human and animal patients,
leading to important physiological and labor complications that affect the quality of life of …

Schwann cell transplantation for repair of the adult spinal cord

M Oudega, XM Xu - Journal of neurotrauma, 2006 - liebertpub.com
The Schwann cell is one of the most widely studied cell types for repair of the spinal cord.
These cells play a crucial role in endogenous repair of peripheral nerves due to their ability …

Nerve reconstruction in the hand and upper extremity

KU Boyd, AS Nimigan… - Clinics in plastic …, 2011 - plasticsurgery.theclinics.com
Peripheral nerve reconstruction continues to evolve and expand with the ongoing
improvement in our understanding of internal nerve topography, advances in microsurgical …

Overcoming short gaps in peripheral nerve repair: conduits and human acellular nerve allograft

J Isaacs, T Browne - Hand, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Nerve conduits and acellular nerve allograft offer efficient and convenient tools for
overcoming unexpected gaps during nerve repair. Both techniques offer guidance for …