[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.
Ward of Tissue Engineering, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland. marthapok@interia.pl
Marta
M
Pokrywczyńska
Tomasz
T
Drewa
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