BIOLOGICAL VASCULARIZED MATRIX FOR BLADDER TISSUE ENGINEERING: MATRIX PREPARATION, RESEEDING TECHNIQUE AND SHORT-TERM IMPLANTATION IN A PORCINE MODEL

The current study of successful SMC and UC reseeding, vessel resurfacing with EPCs and short-term vascular patency represents the promising in vitro and in vivo basis for further evaluation of this biological vascularized matrix in chronic long-term large animal implantation experiments.