25th anniversary article: engineering hydrogels for biofabrication

J Malda, J Visser, FP Melchels, T Jüngst… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With advances in tissue engineering, the possibility of regenerating injured tissue or failing
organs has become a realistic prospect for the first time in medical history. Tissue …

Surgical treatment of traumatic fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine: a systematic review of the literature on techniques, complications, and outcome

JJ Verlaan, CH Diekerhof, E Buskens, I Van der Tweel… - Spine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A systematic review of the literature, pertaining surgical treatment of traumatic
thoracic and lumbar spine fractures, was performed. Objectives. To provide information on …

Extracellular matrix scaffolds for cartilage and bone regeneration

KEM Benders, PR Van Weeren, SF Badylak… - Trends in …, 2013 - cell.com
Regenerative medicine approaches based on decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM)
scaffolds and tissues are rapidly expanding. The rationale for using ECM as a natural …

Gelatin‐methacrylamide hydrogels as potential biomaterials for fabrication of tissue‐engineered cartilage constructs

W Schuurman, PA Levett, MW Pot… - Macromolecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Gelatin‐methacrylamide (gelMA) hydrogels are shown to support chondrocyte viability and
differentiation and give wide ranging mechanical properties depending on several cross‐…

Effect of local sequential VEGF and BMP-2 delivery on ectopic and orthotopic bone regeneration

DHR Kempen, L Lu, A Heijink, TE Hefferan… - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
Bone regeneration is a coordinated cascade of events regulated by several cytokines and
growth factors. Angiogenic growth factors are predominantly expressed during the early …

Reinforcement of hydrogels using three-dimensionally printed microfibres

J Visser, FPW Melchels, JE Jeon… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Despite intensive research, hydrogels currently available for tissue repair in the musculoskeletal
system are unable to meet the mechanical, as well as the biological, requirements for …

A histological and histomorphometrical investigation of fluorapatite, magnesiumwhitlockite, and hydroxylapatite plasma‐sprayed coatings in goats

WJA Dhert, C Klein, JA Jansen… - Journal of …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma‐sprayed ceramic coatings of fluorapatite (FA), magnesiumwhitlockite (MW), and
hydroxylapatite (HA), and noncoated Ti‐6Al‐4V alloy (Ti) implants were evaluated histologically …

A finite element analysis of the push‐out test: Influence of test conditions

WJA Dhert, C Verheyen, LH Braak… - Journal of …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
The commonly used method for quantitative evaluation of the strength of a bone‐implant
interface is the push‐out test. In order to give an impulse to standardization and to gain more …

Hydrogels as extracellular matrices for skeletal tissue engineering: state-of-the-art and novel application in organ printing

NE Fedorovich, J Alblas, JR de Wijn… - Tissue …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Organ printing, a novel approach in tissue engineering, applies layered computer-driven
deposition of cells and gels to create complex 3-dimensional cell-laden structures. It shows …

Three-dimensional fiber deposition of cell-laden, viable, patterned constructs for bone tissue printing

NE Fedorovich, JR De Wijn, AJ Verbout… - … Engineering Part A, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Organ or tissue printing, a novel approach in tissue engineering, creates layered, cell-laden
hydrogel scaffolds with a defined three-dimensional (3D) structure and organized cell …