Effects of tension at the site of coaptation on recovery of sciatic nerve function after neurorrhaphy: Evaluation by walking-track measurement, electrophysiology, histomorphometry, and electron probe X-ray microanalysis

Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 200-207

  Maeda, Tomoo ^a,b   Hori, Seiki ^a   Sasaki, Sadao ^a   Maruo, Souji ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSION; WALKING; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GAIT; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032925870     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1999)19:4<200::AID-MICR7>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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