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Urethral reconstruction using an amphiphilic tissue-engineered autologous polyurethane nanofiber scaffold with rapid vascularization function.
Biomaterials science - 21 Apr 2020
Niu Yuqing, Liu Guochang, Chen Chuangbi, Fu Ming, Fu Wen, Zhao Zhang, Xia Huimin, Stadler Florian J
Abstract excerpt
Reconstruction and functional rehabilitation of the long urethra in males is one of the difficult tasks in urological treatment. Although many kinds of tissue-engineered urethra scaffold grafts have been successfully used in animals and even clinical research of urethra reconstruction, they all have the disadvantages of slow vascularization in scaffolds, which may lead to complications such as stricture and...
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