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- Title
Physical Stimulation Combined with Biomaterials Promotes Peripheral Nerve Injury Repair.
- Authors
Zeng, Zhipeng; Yang, Yajing; Deng, Junyong; Saif Ur Rahman, Muhammad; Sun, Chengmei; Xu, Shanshan
- Abstract
Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is a clinical problem with high morbidity that can cause severe damage. Surgical suturing or implants are usually required due to the slow speed and numerous factors affecting repair after PNI. An autologous nerve graft is the gold standard for PNI repair among implants. However, there is a potential problem of the functional loss of the donor site. Therefore, tissue-engineered nerve biomaterials are often used to bridge the gap between nerve defects, but the therapeutic effect is insufficient. In order to enhance the repair effect of nerve biomaterials for PNI, researchers are seeking to combine various stimulation elements, such as the addition of biological factors such as nerve growth factors or physical factors such as internal microstructural modifications of catheters and their combined application with physical stimulation therapy. Physical stimulation therapy is safer, is more convenient, and has more practical features than other additive factors. Its feasibility and convenience, when combined with nerve biomaterials, provide broader application prospects for PNI repair, and has therefore become a research hot spot. This paper will review the combined application of physical stimulation and biomaterials in PNI repair in recent years to provide new therapeutic ideas for the future use of physical stimulation in PNI repair.
- Subjects
PERIPHERAL nerve injuries; REPAIRING; NERVE growth factor; BIOMATERIALS; DIABETIC neuropathies; NERVE grafting; ARTIFICIAL implants
- Publication
Bioengineering (Basel), 2022, Vol 9, Issue 7, p292
- ISSN
2306-5354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bioengineering9070292