Body wall repair using small intestinal submucosa seeded with cells
Body wall repair using small intestinal submucosa seeded with cells
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.08.019
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发表时间:
2003-12-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Lin, JN
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作者:
Lai, JY;Chang, PY;Lin, JN
Background/Purpose: Prosthetic repair of large ventral abdominal wall defects has been associated with high complication rates. This study was aimed at applying tissue engineering to body wall replacement.Methods: Syngeneic Lewis rats underwent harvest of skeletal muscle specimens. Once expanded in vitro, skeletal muscle cells or fibroblasts were suspended in a collagen gel. All animals underwent creation of a 2.5- X 3-cm abdominal wall defect. The defect was repaired with the cell-seeded gel placed in between 2 pieces of small intestinal submucosa (SIS). The control group was repaired by SIS with acellular gel. Animals were killed at different time-points for histologic and mechanical examination. Statistical analysis was by analysis of variance (ANOVA).Results: Abdominal wall hernia was present in 6 of 24 fibroblast-seeded constructs (25%), 5 of 21 skeletal muscle cell-seeded constructs (23.9%), and 16 of 21 acellular grafts (76.2%), respectively (P < .05). At harvest, cell-seeded constructs were thicker with better cellular infiltration, whereas acellular grafts were thin, low in cell density, and poor in mechanical resistance.Conclusions: Unlike acellular collagen matrices, engineered cellular constructs have better cell infiltration and mechanical performance. Tissue engineering may be a viable alternative for body-wall replacement.