Osteochondral tissue engineering : challenges, current strategies, and technological advances /: challenges, current strategies, and technological advances. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J. Miguel Oliveira, Sandra Pina, Rui L. Reis, Julio San Roman, editors.
• Editors: Oliveira, Joaquim Miguel; Pina, Sandra; Reis, Rui L; San Román, Julio
• Contents: Part I: Current challenges in osteochondral repair and regeneration: trauma vs disease. Advances for treatment of knee OC defects -- Emerging concepts in treating cartilage, osteochondral defects and osteoarthritis of the knee and ankle -- Osteoarthritis: trauma vs. disease -- Surgical treatment paradigms of ankle lateral instability, osteochondral defects and impingement -- Part II: Viscosupplementation. Clinical management in early OA -- Hyaluronic acid -- Semi-IPNs and IPNs based hydrogels -- Promising biomolecules -- Part III: Technological advances in osteochondral tissue engineering. Nanoparticles-based systems for osteochondral tissue engineering -- Stem cells for osteochondral regeneration -- PRP therapy -- Enhancing biological and biomechanical fixation of osteochondral scaffold: a grand challenge -- Part IV: Osteochondral tissue engineering approaches. Combination of polymeric supports and drug delivery systems for ostechondral regeneration -- Osteochondral angiogenesis and promoted vascularization: new therapeutic target -- Models of disease -- Part V: In vitro models for osteochondral regeneration. Tissue engineering strategies for osteochondral repair -- In vitro mimetic models for the bone-cartilage interface regeneration -- Bioreactors and microfluidics for osteochondral interface maturation -- Part VI: In vivo models for osteochondral regeneration. Small animal models -- Large animal models for osteochondral regeneration.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 511 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 612/.028; Life sciences; Tissue engineering; Cartilage -- Regeneration; Bone regeneration; Biomedical engineering; Biomaterials; MEDICAL -- Physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Tissue engineering; Medical -- Allied Health Services -- Medical Technology; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Biomedical engineering; Materials science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Molecular Biology; Cellular biology (cytology); Cartilage; Tissue Engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319767352; 3319767356
• Related ISBNs: 9783319767345; 3319767348
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 15, 2018).
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