Browsing BIO Faculty Scholarship by Author "Weigel, Stefan"

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Surface microstructures on planar substrates and textile fibers guide neurite outgrowth: A scaffold solution to push limits of critical nerve defect regeneration?

Weigel, Stefan; Osterwalder, Thomas; Tobler, Ursina; Yao, Li; Wiesli, Manuel; Lehnert, Thomas; Pandit, Abhay S.; Bruinink, Arie (Public Library of Science, 2012-12-12)

The treatment of critical size peripheral nerve defects represents one of the most serious problems in neurosurgery. If the gap size exceeds a certain limit, healing can't be achieved. Connection mismatching may further ...