Fabrication of porous synthetic polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering

What is it about?

This review paper presents commonly used synthetic polymer scaffold fabrication methods for tissue engineering.

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Why is it important?

Tissue engineering provides a novel and promising approach to replace damaged tissue with an artificial substitute. Porous synthetic biodegradable polymers are the preferred materials for this substitution due to their microstructure, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low cost. In this review, commonly used synthetic polymer scaffold fabrication methods will be introduced and discussed in detail, and recent progress regarding scaffold fabrication—such as combining different scaffold fabrication methods, combining various materials, and improving current scaffold fabrication methods—will be reviewed as well.