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Tissue engineering and ENT surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Nimesh N. Patel ,
Peter E. M. Butler ,
Lee Buttery ,
Julia M. Polak  and
Neil S. Tolley
Nimesh N. Patel
Affiliation:
Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
Peter E. M. Butler
Affiliation:
Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Lee Buttery
Affiliation:
Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
Julia M. Polak
Affiliation:
Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
Neil S. Tolley
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
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Abstract

Tissue engineering is the development of biological substitutes for the repair and regeneration of damaged tissues. We explain the principles of this emerging field of biotechology. The present and potential applications of tissue engineering technologies in ENT surgery are then reviewed.

Keywords

Tissue ExtractsBiomedical EngineeringOtolaryngology
Type
Review Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 116 , Issue 3 , March 2002 , pp. 165 - 169
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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