title: [Advances in engineering of blood vessels].
abstract: Tissue engineered blood vessels are an attractive alternative for synthetic vascular prostheses utilized in vascular reconstructions. Continued for over 20 years in vitro and animal experiments has recently gave an opportunity to utilize this technique in clinical medicine. Satisfying results achieved with this approach in humans encourage wider use of vascular bioprosthesis in the future.
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy, Katedra i Klinika Chirurgii Ogólnej i Naczyń. kikchiroin@cm.umk.edu.pl
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lukasiewicz
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Drewa
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001808:Blood Vessels; D006801:Humans