Comparison of microsurgical suture with fibrin glue connection of the sciatic nerve in rabbits

Physiological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-306

  Sames M ^a   Blahos Jr J ^b   Rokyta, R ^b   Benes Jr V ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autologous fibrin glue; Microsuture; Rabbit; Regeneration; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SUTURE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURING METHOD;

ANIMALS; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; RABBITS; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURES;

EID: 0030847471     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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