Can Bone Tissue Engineering Contribute to Therapy Concepts after Resection of Musculoskeletal Sarcoma?

Resection of musculoskeletal sarcoma can result in large bone defects where regeneration is needed in a quantity far beyond the normal potential of self-healing. In many cases, these defects exhibit a limited intrinsic regenerative potential due to an adjuvant therapeutic regimen, seroma, or infect...

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Main Authors: Boris Michael Holzapfel, Mohit Prashant Chhaya, Ferry Petrus Wilhelmus Melchels, Nina Pauline Holzapfel, Peter Michael Prodinger, Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Martijn van Griensven, Jan-Thorsten Schantz, Maximilian Rudert, Dietmar Werner Hutmacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Sarcoma
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/153640