Facial nerve repair using a collagen conduit in cats

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Kitahara, Américo K ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihisa ^a   Qi, Peng ^a   Nishimura, Yoshihiko ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Kiyotani, Tetsuya ^a   Takimoto, Yukinobu ^a   Nakamura, Tatsuo ^a   Shimizu, Yasuhiko ^a   Endo, Katsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen; Facial nerve; HRP; Nerve conduit; Nerve graft; Nerve palsy; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; SUTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; COLLAGEN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FACIAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION;

EID: 0032765398     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159442     Document Type: Article

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