Polymers for Fabricating Nerve Conduits

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="138686.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2010/138686/figures/138686.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Injection molding</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="138686.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2010/138686/figures/138686.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Dip-coating</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="138686.fig.003c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2010/138686/figures/138686.fig.003c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Centrifuge casting</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="138686.fig.003d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2010/138686/figures/138686.fig.003d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Film rolling</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="e"><td><img alt="138686.fig.003e" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2010/138686/figures/138686.fig.003e.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(e) </b>Extrusion</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="f"><td><img alt="138686.fig.003f" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2010/138686/figures/138686.fig.003f.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(f) </b>Electro-spinning</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="g"><td><img alt="138686.fig.003g" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2010/138686/figures/138686.fig.003g.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(g) </b>Braiding</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Widely used methods for fabricating polymer nerve conduits.</table>

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Figure 3: Polymers for Fabricating Nerve Conduits 