Nerve guide conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair: A review on design, materials and fabrication methods

S Vijayavenkataraman - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Peripheral nerves can sustain injuries due to loss of structure and/or function of peripheral
nerves because of accident, trauma and other causes, which leads to partial or complete …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of electrically conductive polymers and polymer nanocomposites and their applications

KR Ryan, MP Down, NJ Hurst, EM Keefe, CE Banks - EScience, 2022 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional (3D) printing, offers a unique solution for
fabricating complex geometries with high tolerances. Currently, many commercial additive …

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 …

Electrospun fibers control drug delivery for tissue regeneration and cancer therapy

L Li, R Hao, J Qin, J Song, X Chen, F Rao, J Zhai… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
Versatile strategies have been developed to construct electrospun fiber-based drug delivery
systems for tissue regeneration and cancer therapy. We first introduce the construction of …

Magnesium‐encapsulated injectable hydrogel and 3D‐engineered polycaprolactone conduit facilitate peripheral nerve regeneration

Z Yao, W Yuan, J Xu, W Tong, J Mi, PC Ho… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Peripheral nerve injury is a challenging orthopedic condition that can be treated by autograft
transplantation, a gold standard treatment in the current clinical setting. Nevertheless, limited …

Electroconductive multi-functional polypyrrole composites for biomedical applications

EN Zare, T Agarwal, A Zarepour, F Pinelli… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polypyrrole is an example of inherently electrically conductive polymer that is employed in
the biomedical arena because of its low cost, excellent electroconductive properties, and …

3D printable electrically conductive hydrogel scaffolds for biomedical applications: A review

SS Athukorala, TS Tran, R Balu, VK Truong… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Electrically conductive hydrogels (ECHs), an emerging class of biomaterials, have garnered
tremendous attention due to their potential for a wide variety of biomedical applications, from …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-printed ceramic triply periodic minimal surface structures for design of functionally graded bone implants

S Vijayavenkataraman, LY Kuan, WF Lu - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Stress shielding is one of the main problems that lead to bone resorption and revision
surgery after implantation. Most of the commercially available metallic non-porous bone …

Electroconductive PEDOT nanoparticle integrated scaffolds for spinal cord tissue repair

A Serafin, MC Rubio, M Carsi, P Ortiz-Serna… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - Springer
Background Hostile environment around the lesion site following spinal cord injury (SCI)
prevents the re-establishment of neuronal tracks, thus significantly limiting the regenerative …

3D printing and bioprinting nerve conduits for neural tissue engineering

X Yu, T Zhang, Y Li - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fabrication of nerve conduits for perfectly repairing or replacing damaged peripheral nerve
is an urgent demand worldwide, but it is also a formidable clinical challenge. In the last …