The effects of free fat grafts on the stiffness of the rat sciatic nerve and perineural scar

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-36

  Dumanian, Gregory A ^a   McClinton, Michael A ^b   Brushart, Thomas M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat graft; Nerve; Rat; Scar

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; SCAR FORMATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032999710     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.jhsu24a0030     Document Type: Article

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