Journal
/
/
Fabrication of Engineered Vascular Flaps Using 3D Printing Technologies
JoVE Journal
Bioengineering
This content is Free Access.
JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Fabrication of Engineered Vascular Flaps Using 3D Printing Technologies
DOI:

08:31 min

May 19, 2022

, ,

Chapters

  • 00:04Introduction
  • 01:04Vascular Scaffold Fabrication
  • 01:54Granular Support Bath Preparation and Incorporation of Endothelial Cells and Support Cells with the Bioink
  • 03:09Bioprinting Microvascular Networks Using rhCollMA Bioink
  • 06:00Assembling the Bioprinted Microvascular Network with the Vascular Scaffold to Obtain the Engineered Vascularized Flap
  • 07:12Results: Representative Images of the Assembled Vascularized Flap
  • 07:59Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Engineered flaps require an incorporated functional vascular network. In this protocol, we present a method of fabricating a 3D printed tissue flap containing a hierarchical vascular network and its direct microsurgical anastomoses to rat femoral artery.

Related Videos

Read Article