Progress in the research and development of nerve conduits

• 作者: Aruna Sharma Hari Shanker Sharma Lin Chen Qiang Ao Xiyuan Wang
• 来源期刊: 临床转化神经医学(英文版)
• 学科: 医学
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（2）
• 页码范围: 97-101
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R745

摘要

The reconstruction after peripheral nerve damage, especially for long‐segment nerve defects, remains a clinical challenge. Autologous nerve graft transplantation is an efficient method for the repair of peripheral nerve defects, but the involved com‐plications and shortcomings have greatly limited the clinical efficacy of treatments offered to patients with nerve defects. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop new therapeutic strategies and explore alternatives to autologous nerve transplantation in clinical practice, based on the knowledge of the peripheral nerve regeneration mechanism and biological histocompatibility principles. With significant advances in the research and application of nerve conduits, they have been used to repair peripheral nerve injury for several decades. In this paper, the study background of nerve conduits, their applications in clinic, status of conduit material research and construction of tissue‐engineered artificial nerves were reviewed.