The value of an operating microscope in peripheral nerve repair. An experimental study using a rat model of tibial nerve grafting

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-110

  Stancic M F ^c   Micovic V ^a   Potocnjak M ^a   Draganic P ^a   Sasso, A ^a   Mackinnon, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031801982     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050219     Document Type: Article

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