Reconstruction, Repairing and Tissue Engineering Of The Urinary Tract

Presently, reconstruction or repairing of the urinary tract is one of the most challenging tasks for urologists. Several congenital conditions such as hypospadias and neurogenic bladder, and malignant urological diseases result in organ resection, that require a surgical procedure to reconstruct the urinary tract. To date, the vascularization and nerve regeneration are the top challenges that impede the clinical application of engineered tissues, and researchers have found that a success repairing or reconstruction surgery of the urinary tract are associated with a wide range of factors. No universal cures with low complication rate have yet been identified.

The aim of this Research Topic, therefore, is to demonstrate an up-to-date overview of urinary tract tissue engineering, reconstruction, and repairing. We invite researchers to share their findings or opinions on the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of urinary tract, or new methods and materials on tissue engineering, in addition to comments and considerations on future perspectives, in the form of either original articles or reviews.

We welcome original research submissions from the natural sciences, medical research, engineering, as well as the related social sciences and humanities, including:
- Primary research that contributes to the base of scientific knowledge, including interdisciplinary, replication studies, and negative or null results.
- Systematic reviews whose methods ensure the comprehensive and unbiased sampling of existing literature.
- Submissions describing methods, software, databases, or other tools that meet the journal's criteria for utility, validation and availability.
- Qualitative research that adheres to appropriate study design and reporting guidelines.
- Protocols, including Lab Protocols that describe verified methodologies and Study Protocols that describe detailed plans for research projects.

Keywords: tissue engineering, urinary tract, urinary diversion, urinary conduit, neobladder, microfluidic chip, seed cells, matrix, tissue reconstruction, materials science, sensors, bionic, 3D-Printing

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