Current status and progress of tracheal substitute.
- Author:
Linsong CHEN
1
;
Hongcan SHI
Author Information
1. Departnment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Prostheses and Implants;
Tissue Engineering;
Tissue Transplantation;
Trachea;
surgery
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2012;29(3):593-596
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
According to the numerous experimental studies but limited clinical applications, the tracheal replacement is still far to be applied maturely. This should be attribute to the poor biocompatibility of the substitute and insufficient vascularization, even with added prosthetic migration and dislocation, epithelial ischemia and necrosis, as well as local infections, and so on. Here we present a review in the attempts to summarize the progress and prospective advances in tracheal substitute.
