Advances in Head and Neck Reconstruction: Applications of Tissue Engineering

Gregory R. D. Evans

doi:10.1055/s-2004-817714

Seminars in Plastic Surgery, Table of Contents

Semin Plast Surg 2003; 17(4): 409-416
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817714

Advances in Head and Neck Reconstruction: Applications of Tissue Engineering

Gregory R.D. Evans

The Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Institute, The University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The interdisciplinary field of tissue engineering is growing. During the late 1980s and 1990s the field saw unprecedented growth with the lure of marketable products and media attention. But where have we come? Are we at a point where clinical products for the head and neck are available? Has the field advanced to our expectations? This article attempts to focus on these issues specifically for the head and neck. Tissue types and currently limitations are reviewed.

KEYWORDS

Tissue engineering - head and neck

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