Axonal regeneration through an autogenous nerve bypass: An experimental study in the rat

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 408-415

  Shah, Manish H ^a   Kasabian, Armen K ^a   Karp, Nolan S ^a   Kolker, Adam R ^a   Dublin, Barry A ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Sakuma, Jun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOGRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GAIT; HINDLIMB; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030908985     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199704000-00017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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