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SUBMITTER: Pestana FM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128044 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pestana Fernanda Marques FM Domingues Rui C C RCC Oliveira Júlia Teixeira JT Durço Daniela F P A DFPA Goulart Camila Oliveira CO Mendonça Henrique Rocha HR Dos Santos Anne Caroline Rodrigues ACR de Campos Natália Tavares NT da Silva Beatriz Theodoro BT Pereira Cristina Cardoso CC Borges Cristiano Piacsek CP Martinez Ana Maria Blanco AMB
Neural regeneration research 20181001 10
Poly(lactic acid) (PLA)-containing nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) are currently being investigated for nerve repair as an alternative to autograft, which leads to permanent functional impairment in the territory innervated by the removed nerve. Combination of polymers modifies the physical properties of the conduits, altering their nerve-guidance properties. Conduits made from PLA-only or combined with other polymers have been used successfully for nerve repair, but their efficiency has not been ...[more]