Light-microscopic and electron-microscopic evaluation of short-term nerve regeneration using a biodegradable poly(DL-lactide-ε-caprolacton) nerve guide

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-115

  Den Dunnen, W F A ^a   Stokroos, I ^a   Blaauw, E H ^a   Holwerda, A ^a   Pennings, A J ^a   Robinson, P H ^b   Schakenraad, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MYELINATED NERVE FIBERS; POLYTACTIDECAPROLACTON; SCIATIC NERVE;

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030152636     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(199605)31:1<105::aid-jbm13>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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