Repair of severed peripheral nerve: A superior anatomic and functional recovery with a new “reconnection” technique

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 353-361

  Wikholm, Richard P ^a   Swett, John E ^b   Torigoe, Yasuhiro ^b   Blanks, Robert H I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FACIAL NERVE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE SUTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGERY;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FREEZING; LOCOMOTION; METHODS; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0023684784     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019459988809900401     Document Type: Article

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