Polyethylene Glycol: The Future of Posttraumatic Nerve Repair? Systemic Review

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 20; no. 6; p. 1478
• Main Authors: Paskal, Adriana, Paskal, Wiktor, Pietruski, Piotr, Wlodarski, Pawel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 24.03.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Axons - drug effects; Axons - pathology; Clinical trials; Clinical Trials as Topic; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Experiments; Human subjects; Humans; Injuries; Muscle contraction; Nerve Regeneration - drug effects; Peripheral Nerve Injuries - drug therapy; Peripheral Nerve Injuries - etiology; Polyethylene glycol; Polyethylene Glycols - pharmacology; Polyethylene Glycols - therapeutic use; Recovery of Function - drug effects; Review; Studies; Treatment Outcome; polyethylene glycol; treatment; review; nerve injury

Peripheral nerve injury is a common posttraumatic complication. The precise surgical repair of nerve lesion does not always guarantee satisfactory motor and sensory function recovery. Therefore, enhancement of the regeneration process is a subject of many research strategies. It is believed that pol...