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Pace, Lauren 2013-06-06T21:19:24Z 2013-06-06T21:19:24Z 2013 https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/38523 Peripheral nerve injury is a relevant clinical concern. Although surgical management of these injuries has improved over time, the current "gold standard" for nerve transection injury, autograft, has many limitations. Nerve conduits are used as an alternative to autograft surgery but they are currently recommended for the repair of small defects (≤ 3cm) in small diameter sensory nerves only. Use of filler materials inside the conduit have been shown to increase the defect size in which conduits can be effective and can result in greater functional recovery in animal models. en Wake Forest University Biomaterials Hydrogel Keratin Nerve Conduit Peripheral Nerve Tissue Engineering KERATIN BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION Dissertation Van Dyke, Mark E Oppenheim, Ronald W Smith, Thomas L Li, Zhongyu J Neuroscience open.access