An assessment of the effects of internal neurolysis on a chronically compressed rat sciatic nerve

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 251-256

  Mackinnon, S E ^a,b   O'Brien J P ^a,b   Dellon, A L ^a,b   McLean, A R ^a,b   Hudson, A R ^a,b   Hunter, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SCIATIC NERVE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023845308     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198802000-00020     Document Type: Article

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