Experimental surgery in the peripheral nerve - The correlation of morphometric and functional parameters;VERGLEICHENDE UNTERSUCHUNGEN MORPHOMETRISCHER UND FUNKTIONELLER ERGEBNISSE NACH REKONSTRUKTION MOTORISCHER NERVEN

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 330-334

  Koller, R ^a,b   Happak, W ^a   Frey, M ^a,b   Neumayer, Ch ^b   Girsch, W ^a   Liegl, Ch ^b   Gruber, H ^b  

^a Abt F Wiederherstellende P

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Functional result; Morphometry; Muscle force; Nerve grafting; Neurorrhaphy; Neurotisation; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE FORCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SHEEP;

EID: 0031443242     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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