[Treatment of liver failure using tissue engineering techniques].
Liver transplantation is the only efficient method of treatment of liver failure. Short time between liver end-stage insufficiency and transplantation procedure is the main problem limiting the number of liver transplants. In this paper the methods of liver support in patients awaiting a liver transplant using tissue engineering techniques were introduced. The methods of liver support using bioartificial liver and isolated hepatocytes transplantation were described.
Pokrywczyńska
Marta
M
Ward of Tissue Engineering, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland. marthapok@interia.pl
Drewa
Tomasz
T
D020811:Biomedical Technology; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000379:methods; D019164:Liver, Artificial; D023822:Tissue Engineering