Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Peripheral Nerve Capacity of Self-Regeneration after Injury
2.1. Role of Schwann Cells in Healing Peripheral Nerve Injury
2.2. Limitations in Self-Regeneration
3. Contemporary Treatment to Peripheral Nerve Injury
3.1. Nerve Grafting and Guidance Conduits
3.2. Application in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
3.3. Pharmacotherapy in Treating Nerve Injury
4. Nerve Guidance Conduit
5. Pharmacotherapy
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Brand Name | Company | Material |
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NeuraGen®, NeurawrapTM | Integra Life Science Corp, Princeton, NJ, USA | Type I collagen |
NeuroMatrixTM, NeuroflexTM, NeuroMendTM | Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI, USA | Type I collagen |
Neurolac® | Polyganics, Groningen, The Netherlands | PDLLA/CL |
Neurotube® | Synovis, Birmingham, AL, USA | PGA |
SalubridgeTM, SalutunnelTM | Salumedica, Atlanta, GA, USA | Polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel |
Surgrisis®, AxoguardTM | AxoGenInc, Alachua, FL, USA | Porcrine small intestinal submucosa |
Avance® | AxogenInc, Alachua, FL, USA | Decellularized human nerve allograft |
Reaxon®Direct | Kerimedical, Genève, Switzerland | Chitosan |
RevolNerv® | Orthomed, Saint-Jeannet, France | Collagen Type I and III from porcine skin |
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Lam, T.C.; Leung, Y.Y. Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. Bioengineering 2024, 11, 444. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11050444
Lam TC, Leung YY. Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. Bioengineering. 2024; 11(5):444. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11050444
Chicago/Turabian StyleLam, Ting Chak, and Yiu Yan Leung. 2024. "Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration" Bioengineering 11, no. 5: 444. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11050444