Selective restoration of sensation by peripheral nerve grafts directly implanted into the contralateral C7 dorsal root ganglion: An experimental study in rat brachial plexus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-129

  Bertelli, Jayme Augusto ^a,c,d   Taleb, Madjid ^b   Mira, Jean Claude ^b   Soares Dos Santos, Adair Roberto ^a   Calixto, Joao Batista ^a   Kassar, Lina ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Burn Unit   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Nerve graft; Nerve regeneration; Nerve repair; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; IMPLANT; MEDIAN NERVE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL GANGLION; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NOCICEPTORS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSATION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031910688     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199801000-00025     Document Type: Article

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