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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2016

Engineered Vascularized Muscle Flap.

Dana Egozi, Yulia Shandalov, Alina Freiman, Dekel Rosenfeld, David Ben-Shimol, Shulamit Levenberg

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dana EgoziDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center.
Yulia ShandalovBiomedical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
Alina FreimanBiomedical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Interdepartmental Program in Biotechnology, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
Dekel RosenfeldBiomedical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
David Ben-ShimolMedicine Department, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
Shulamit LevenbergBiomedical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology; shulamit@bm.technion.ac.il.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILKaplan Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the main factors limiting the thickness of a tissue construct and its consequential viability and applicability in vivo, is the control of oxygen supply to the cell microenvironment, as passive diffusion is limited to a very thin layer. Although various materials have been described to restore the integrity of full-thickness defects of the abdominal wall, no material has yet proved to be optimal, due to low graft vascularization, tissue rejection, infection, or inadequate mechanical properties. This protocol describes a means of engineering a fully vascularized flap, with a thickness relevant for muscle tissue reconstruction. Cell-embedded poly L-lactic acid/poly lactic-co-glycolic acid constructs are implanted around the mouse femoral artery and vein and maintained in vivo for a period of one or two weeks. The vascularized graft is then transferred as a flap towards a full thickness defect made in the abdomen. This technique replaces the need for autologous tissue sacrifications and may enable the use of in vitro engineered vascularized flaps in many surgical applications.

Indexed as

Blood Vessel ProsthesisAnimalsHumansLactic AcidMiceMice, NudePolyestersPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerPolymersSurgical FlapsTissue EngineeringLactic AcidPolyestersPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymerpoly(lactide)Polymers

Identifiers

PMID26779840
PMCPMC4781378
OpenAlexW2237369247

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