Tissue engineering: a 21st century solution to surgical reconstruction.
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Abstract
Tissue engineering has emerged as a rapidly expanding approach to address the organ shortage problem. It is an "interdisciplinary field that applies the principles and methods of engineering and the life sciences toward the development of biological substitutes that can restore, maintain, or improve tissue function." Much progress has been made in the tissue engineering of structures relevant to cardiothoracic surgery, including heart valves, blood vessels, myocardium, esophagus, and trachea.
Medical subject headings
- Biomedical Engineering
- Thoracic Surgery
- Tissue Transplantation