A resorbable nerve conduit as an alternative to nerve autograft in nerve gap repair

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 653-657

  Hazari, A ^a   Wiberg, M ^c   Johansson Ruden G ^b   Green, C ^a   Terenghi, G ^a  

^a Blond McIndoe Centre for Medical Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Astra Tech AB   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Nerve autograft; Rat sciatic nerve; Resorbable nerve conduit

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOMATERIAL; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); PROTEIN S 100; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032705685     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3184     Document Type: Article

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