Development of novel porous nasal scaffold using injection molding. Issue 4 (17th September 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Teng, Ping‐Tun; Chern, Ming‐Jyh; Shen, Yung‐Kang; Chiang, Yuh‐Chyun
• Is Part Of: Polymer engineering & science. Volume 53:Issue 4(2013:Apr.)
• Page Start: 762
• Page End: 769
• Publication Date: 2012-09-17
• Subjects: Polymer engineering -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Periodicals; 668.9
• DOI: 10.1002/pen.23317
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-3888

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Porous scaffolds fabricated from biodegradable polymers have been widely used and play a vital role in tissue engineering and <italic>in situ</italic> tissue reconstruction. This study presents a novel fabrication technique involving injection molding and conventional particulate leaching (IM/PL) to obtain the L‐shaped nasal scaffold for rhinoplasty. The results indicate that the porous nasal scaffold made by the IM/PL method shows the acceptable biocompatibility and degradation. The nasal scaffold may degrade well after surgery and the cartilage tissue may grow well in it. This IM/PL technique may replace the traditional artificial silicone filler and reduce the surgery cost. POLYM. ENG. SCI. 2013. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers</p> </abstract>