Peripheral nerve reconstruction using freeze-thawed muscle grafts: A comparison with group fascicular nerve grafts in a large animal model

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 295-302

  Lawson, G M ^a,b   Glasby, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle grafts; Nerve grafts; Peripheral nerve repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE GRAFT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SHEEP;

EID: 0031695471     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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