Table 4.
Materials used for Nerve Scaffolds
| Material | Rat | Mouse | Rabbit | Dog | Cat | Sheep | Monkey | Pig | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrylic copolymer | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Acrylonitrile vinyl chloride copolymer | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Atelocollagen | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Atelocollagen/collagen | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Benzyl ester of hyaluronic acid | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Chitin | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Chitin/chitosan | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Chitosan | 11 | 11 | |||||||
| Chitosan/PGA | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Chitosan/PLGA | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Collagen | 43 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 64 | ||
| Collagen/chitosan | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Collagen/PCL | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Collagen/PLGA | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Corglaes (CRG) | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| E-capronolactone-co-trimethylene carbonate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| EDC/NHS crosslinked gelatin | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ethyl cyanoacrylate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Fibrin | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Fibrocollagen (FFC) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Fibronectin | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Genipin-cross-linked gelatin (GGC) | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Glycolide trimethylene carbonate (GTMC) | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Goretex | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| GTR | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| GTR/collagen | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hyaluronic acid(HA)/collagen | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hydrophilic elastomeric biopolymer | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Keratin | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Lactosorb | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Millipore (cellulose esters) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Nilon | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Photocured gelatine | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Plastic film | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Polyacrylonitrile/vinylchloride (PAN/PVC) | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Polycaprolactone (PCL) | 17 | 17 | |||||||
| Polycaprolactone-fumarate (PCLF) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polydioxanone | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Poly[(ethylalanato)(imidazol)phosphazene] (PEIP) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polyethylene | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Polyglactin | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Polyglycolic acid (PGA) | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | ||
| PGA/Collagen | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Polyglicolic lactate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Poly-3-Hydroxy Butyrate (PHB) | 17 | 2 | 20 | ||||||
| Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate/ Poly-[glycolide-co-(e-caprolactone)](NGC) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) (PHEMMA-MMA) | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Poly-DL-lactate (PDL) | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Polylactic acid (PLA) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| PLA/PLG | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Poly-lactic acid-e-caprolactone (PLAC) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Poly-lactic-co-6-caprolactone (PLCL) | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Poly-L-Lactide acid (PLLA) | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| PLLA-chondroitin-sulfate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Poly (DL-lactide+ε-caprolactone P(DLLA-e-CL) (PLC) | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| Polylactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| PLGA/PCL | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide-co-e-caprolactone) PLGC | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polyorthoester | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polyphosphazene | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Polyphosphoester | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polypropylene | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polysulfone (PS) | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Polyurethane | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polyurethane/Poly-lactic acid | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Proanthocyanidin-crosslinked gelatine | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Semipermable acrylic XM50 Amicon | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Silastic | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Silastic/bioglass fibers | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Silicone | 145 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 162 | ||
| Silicone/cutgut filaments | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Silicone/nitrocellulose (NC) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Silicone/polyamide filaments | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Silicone/ polydioxanon filaments | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Silicone/ polyglactin filaments | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Silicone/PGA | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Silicone/PLLA filaments | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Silicone/polypyrrole | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Silicone/polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Silk fibers | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Sulfopropylacrylamide | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Teflon | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Tricalcium phosphate/glutaraldehyde crosslinking gelatine | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Trimethylen-carbonate-caprolacton polymer | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylen (VT) | 1 | 1 |