British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 272-278 , June 2007

Engineering of human tracheal tissue with collagen-enforced poly-lactic-glycolic acid non-woven mesh: A preliminary study in nude mice

  • Wei Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Qindu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, PR China
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  • Xue Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, Qindu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, PR China
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  • Tianqiu Mao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Qindu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, PR China
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  • Xinghua Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Qindu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, PR China
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  • Hong-Wei Ouyang

      Affiliations

    • Tissue Engineering Center, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hang Zhou, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +86 29 88326118.
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  • Guifang Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Xi’da-Rege Lab of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Northwest University, Xi’an, PR China
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  • Fulin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Qindu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, PR China
    • Xi’da-Rege Lab of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Northwest University, Xi’an, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +86 29 88326118.

,Accepted 14 September 2006.

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PII: S0266-4356(06)00174-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2006.09.004

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 272-278 , June 2007