title: Tissue engineering and ENT surgery.
abstract: Tissue engineering is the development of biological substitutes for the repair and regeneration of damaged tissues. We explain the principles of this emerging field of biotechology. The present and potential applications of tissue engineering technologies in ENT surgery are then reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK. nimesh.patel@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nimesh N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Peter E M
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buttery
authors.forename: Julia M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Polak
authors.forename: Neil S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Tolley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*