The present invention provides a tissue engineered testicular prosthesis for implanting within a patient having a scaffold with a biodegradable polymer scaffold having a substantially elliptical body in longitudinal cross-section replicating the shape of a testicle and a substantially circular cross-section in transverse cross-section, the biodegradable scaffold defining an interior and an exterior of the prosthesis, and the scaffold being seeded with disassociated chondrocytes or Leydig cells, or both chondrocytes and Leydig cells. The interior of the prosthesis can be at least partially filled with testosterone.

A invenção atual fornece um prosthesis testicular projetado tecido implanting dentro de um paciente que tem um scaffold com um scaffold biodegradable do polímero que tem um corpo substancialmente elíptico o cross-section longitudinal que replicating na forma de um testículo e um cross-section substancialmente circular no cross-section transversal, no scaffold biodegradable definindo um interior e em um exterior do prosthesis, e o scaffold que está sendo semeado com disassociated chondrocytes ou pilhas de Leydig, ou chondrocytes e pilhas de Leydig. O interior do prosthesis pode ao menos parcialmente ser enchido com o testosterone.

 
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