Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To summarize and analyze the characteristics of artificial biomaterials intervention for wrist articular ligament injury.
METHODS: A computer search was performed on PubMed database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed) and CNKI database (www.cnki.net / index.htm), using key words of "wrist joint, ligament, rehabilitation, treatment" in English or in Chinese in the titles and abstracts. Articles related to wrist articular ligament injury and treatment, material science characteristics, biocompatibility and its application effect were selected, those recently published or published in the authority journals were preferred to the same field, a total of 22 literatures were included.
RESULTS: The wrist joint is a very complex connection system, due to wrist joint physiological structure and biomechanical complexity, exercise-induced wrist ligament injury is common. At present, many studies have been performed addressing wrist ligament anatomy, histology and biomechanics, but few reports the use of artificial biomaterials and tissue engineering means to repair or reconstruct the wrist ligament injury.
CONCLUSION: With the advances in cell biology and molecular biology methods and technology, ligament injury repair research has entered a new stage, artificial biomaterials and tissue engineering provide a new research direction for the treatment and rehabilitation measures of wrist articular ligament injury.