Tissue engineering and ENT surgery.
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.
Patel
Nimesh N
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Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK. nimesh.patel@ic.ac.uk
Butler
Peter E M
PE
Buttery
Lee
L
Polak
Julia M
JM
Tolley
Neil S
NS
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*