Abstract
Due to its poor self-repair ability, the cartilage injury has been a great challenge in clinical work. The conventional therapies for cartilage injury mostly form fibrocartilage with weaker strength and flexibility compared to natural cartilage. The development of tissue engineering technology provides a new approach for cartilage repair and regeneration. An appropriate scaffold is one of key factors in cartilage tissue engineering. The continuous nanofibers or submicron fibers obtained by electrospinning, a newly emerging technologies that has been increasingly emphasized for its simple manufacturing process and high efficiency, have been widely applied as scaffolds in tissue engineering, for its structure being similar with natural extracellular matrix. This chapter will summarize the current knowledge related to electrospun fibrous scaffolds in cartilage tissue engineering, especially focus on the materials, topography, modifications of electrospun fibrous scaffolds, and new electrospinning approaches in cartilage tissue engineering.
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