Development of nerve scaffold in tissue engineering / 国际生物医学工程杂志

ABSTRACT

Peripheral nerve injury is very common in clinics. It has brought the patients with high rate of disability and huge economic burden and become one of serious health problems in the world. Nowadays, with the development of nerve tissue engineering, it provides new method for surgical procedures of nerve defects repair.The nerve scaffold plays a vital role in repairing nerve defects. It can provide temporary support for nerve cells to grow,adhere and to form structures. This review aims at introducing classification, properties and the applications of the nerve scaffolds for tissue engineering. Future development of the nerve scaffolds and remaining problems are discussed as well.